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UNFESTIVE
Definition of UNFESTIVE
adjective
Not festive.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From un- + festive.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
UNFESTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 163, 30 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNFESTIVE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEFINSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start UNFEST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNFESTIVE?
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 163 - and most players walked straight past it.
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