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FRIGHTFUL
Definition of FRIGHTFUL
adjective
Full of fright, whether Afraid, frightened. Timid, fearful, easily frightened.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English frightful (“afraid”), from Old English forhtfull (“fainthearted, timorous”). Equivalent to fright + -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.
FRIGHTFUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
FRIGHTFUL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read FFGHILRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once.
Words that start FRIGHT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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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