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FRETFULNESS
Definition of FRETFULNESS
noun
The quality of being fretful, or prone to fretting; an emotional state combining restlessness, anxiety and irritability.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fretful + -ness.
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.
FRETFULNESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRETFULNESS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEFFLNRSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F, E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FRETFUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FRETFULNESS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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