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FLAMBOYANT
Definition of FLAMBOYANT
adjective
Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French flamboyant (“flaming, wavy”), participle of flamboyer (“to flame”), from Old French flamboier, from flambe (“flame”). The architectural style derives its name from the flame-like shapes in the tracery.
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.
FLAMBOYANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 140 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLAMBOYANT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AABFLMNOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start FLAMBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found FLAMBOYANT?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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