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EFFLUX
Definition of EFFLUX
noun
The process of flowing out.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin effluxus, from effluō (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + fluō (“flow”). See also effluxion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,613)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EFFLUX · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EFFLUX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EFFLUX starts with E and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read EFFLUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EFFLUX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EFFLUX?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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