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FLAVESCENT
Definition of FLAVESCENT
adjective
yellowish in colour, or turning yellow
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
19th century. From Latin flavescens. By surface analysis, Latin flāv(us) + -escent.
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.
FLAVESCENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 79, 7 August 2026.
Built from these letters
FLAVESCENT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEEFLNSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found FLAVESCENT?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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