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FLAMING
Definition of FLAMING
adjective
On fire with visible flames.
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Word DNA
FLAMING inherits its ancestry from its root, FLAM.
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.7%
of traced words share this origin (208)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLAM · 5 relatives 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.
FLAMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FLAMING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AFGILMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLAMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found FLAMING?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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