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FULSOME
Definition of FULSOME
adjective
Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English fulsom, equivalent to full + -some. The meaning has evolved from an original positive connotation "abundant" to a neutral "plump" to a negative "overfed". In modern usage, it can take on any of these inflections. See usage note. The negative sense "offensive, gross; disgusting, sickening" developed secondarily after the 13th century and was influenced by Middle English foul (“foul”). In the 18th century, the word was sometimes even spelled foulsome.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,231)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FULSOME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 70 boards so far. 689 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FULSOME starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFLMOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FULSOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found FULSOME?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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