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INGRATEFUL
Definition of INGRATEFUL
adjective
ungrateful; not grateful
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ingrate (“unfriendly”) + -ful, from Latin ingrātus (“disagreeable”), from in- (“not”) + grātus (“pleasing”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% 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.
INGRATEFUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INGRATEFUL starts with I and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEFGILNRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start INGRAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INGRATEFUL?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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