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FULL
Definition of FULL
adjective
Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English ful, from Old English full (“full”), from Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Germanic cognates include West Frisian fol, Low German vull, Dutch vol, German voll, Danish fuld, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish full. Proto-Indo-European cognates include English plenty (via Latin, compare plēnus), Welsh llawn, Russian по́лный (pólnyj), Lithuanian pilnas, Persian پر (por), Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇá). See also fele and Scots fou (whence the English doublet fou (“drunk”)). For the "drunk, intoxicated" sense, compare also Swedish full and other Scandinavian languages.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Sanskrit
- Persian
- Russian
- Welsh
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- Dutch
- Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
12 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (246)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FULL · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin, 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.
FULL in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 67 days.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
FULL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read FLLU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FULL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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