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FLECKERING
Definition of FLECKERING
verb
present participle and gerund of flecker
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Word DNA
FLECKERING inherits its ancestry from its root, FLECKER.
How it is built
Same root, FLECKER · 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.
FLECKERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLECKERING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEEFGIKLNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start FLECKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found FLECKERING?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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