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FLEABANE
Definition of FLEABANE
noun
Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects: mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae in tribe Astereae Conyza spp. (butterweeds or horseweed) Erigeron spp., especially Erigeron acre (blue fleabane) in tribe Inuleae Inula spp. (yellowheads) Pluchea spp. (camphorweeds) Pulicaria spp. (false fleabane), especially common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica subsp. dysenterica, formerly Inula dysenterica) Also, in subfamily Cichorioideae, Vernonia spp. (ironweeds).
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Where it comes from
From flea + bane.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FLEABANE · 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.
FLEABANE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLEABANE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABEEFLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once.
Words that start FLEABA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
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