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UNFRIENDLY
Definition of UNFRIENDLY
adjective
Not friendly; hostile; mean.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English unfrendly, unfrendli, unfrendely, from Old English *unfrēondlīċ (suggested by derivative unfrēondlīċe (“in an unfriendly manner; unfriendly”, adverb)), equivalent to un- + friendly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uunfrüntelk, uunfjuntelk (“unfriendly”), West Frisian ûnfreonlik (“unfriendly”), Dutch onvriendelijk (“unfriendly”), German Low German unfrünnelk (“unfriendly”), German unfreundlich (“unfriendly”), Faroese ófryntligur (“unfriendly”), Icelandic ófrýnilegur (“ugly; disturbing”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,251)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Dutch, German, Icelandic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNFRIENDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNFRIENDLY starts with U and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DEFILNNRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start UNFRIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNFRIENDLY?
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