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EFFLORESCING

12 letters

Definition of EFFLORESCING

verb

present participle and gerund of effloresce

EFFLORESCE

verb

To burst into bloom; to flower.

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Word DNA

EFFLORESCING inherits its ancestry from its root, EFFLORESCE.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Latin
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

8.8%

of traced words share this origin (2,661)

How it is built

verbcompound-ere-esceef-ex-flor-

Same root, EFFLORESCE · 1 relative in the game

EFFLORESCE

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

EFFLORESCING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 154
Its one board, across 154 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
145
First board
9
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

ellenfremedonContributor

on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

EFFLORESCING
12
Letters
4
Vowels
8
Consonants
10
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

EFFLORESCING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEEFFGILNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and F appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start EFFLORES

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

EFFLORESCEEFFLORESCEDEFFLORESCESEFFLORESCENTEFFLORESCENCEEFFLORESCENCES

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