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MOURNFUL
Definition of MOURNFUL
adjective
Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mourn + -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.
MOURNFUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MOURNFUL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read FLMNORUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start MOURNF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found MOURNFUL?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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