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GRACEFUL
Definition of GRACEFUL
adjective
Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English graceful. By surface analysis, grace + -ful.
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.
GRACEFUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRACEFUL starts with G and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEFGLRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GRACEF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found GRACEFUL?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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