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WOFUL
Definition of WOFUL
adjective
Obsolete spelling of woeful.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wo + -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.
WOFUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
WOFUL starts with W and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read FLOUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WOFUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found WOFUL?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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