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FUTILE
Definition of FUTILE
adjective
Incapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French futile, from Latin fūtilis.
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.
FUTILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 65 boards so far. 214 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FUTILE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFILTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FUTILE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found FUTILE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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