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FRIGHTSOME
Definition of FRIGHTSOME
adjective
Marked by fright or frightfulness; frightening; frightful; fearful; causing fear.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fright + -some. Cognate with Scots frichtsom (“frightsome”). Compare also German furchtsam.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names German, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FRIGHTSOME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRIGHTSOME starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFGHIMORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FRIGHT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found FRIGHTSOME?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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