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FLEDGE
Definition of FLEDGE
verb
To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English flegge, fligge, flygge, from Old English *flyċġe (“able to fly, fledged”) (attested in *unflyċġe, unfligge (“unfledged”)), from Proto-West Germanic *flugi, from Proto-Germanic *flugjaz (“able to fly, fledged”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to run, flow, be swift, flee, fly”). From Proto-Germanic: Dutch vlug (“fledged, able to fly, nimble, swift”), Low German flügg (“fledged”), German flügge, German flücke (“fledged”), Icelandic fleygur (“able to fly, fledged”)
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.
FLEDGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLEDGE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEFGL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start FLEDGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found FLEDGE?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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