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FUTILENESS
Definition of FUTILENESS
noun
futility
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From futile + -ness.
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.
FUTILENESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
FUTILENESS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEFILNSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FUTILE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FUTILENESS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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