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YEARNFUL
Definition of YEARNFUL
adjective
Filled with yearning; desirous; mournful; distressing.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English yernful, ȝeornful, from Old English ġearnfull, ġeornful (“desirous, eager, zealous, diligent, anxious”), equivalent to yearn + -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.
YEARNFUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 123, 20 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 123, 20 September 2026.
Built from these letters
YEARNFUL starts with Y and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEFLNRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found YEARNFUL?
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 123 - and most players walked straight past it.
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