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FLEETING
Definition of FLEETING
adjective
Passing quickly; of short duration.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English fleten (“to float”), from Old English flēotan (“to float”), from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-. By surface analysis, fleet + -ing.
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.
FLEETING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLEETING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EEFGILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FLEETI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found FLEETING?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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