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FLEGM
Definition of FLEGM
noun
Obsolete form of phlegm.
noun
One of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus.
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Word DNA
FLEGM inherits its ancestry from its root, PHLEGM.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,469)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHLEGM · 6 relatives 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.
FLEGM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 126, 23 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLEGM starts with F and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EFGLM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found FLEGM?
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 126 - and most players walked straight past it.
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