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FORGETFUL
Definition of FORGETFUL
adjective
Unable to remember things well; liable to forget.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English *forgetful, *forȝetful (suggested by derivative forgetfulnesse, forȝetfulnesse (“forgetfulness”)), equivalent to forget + -ful.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FORGETFUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORGETFUL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EFFGLORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once.
Words that start FORGET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORGETFUL?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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