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FLEHMEN
Definition of FLEHMEN
verb
Alternative form of flehm.
FLEHM
verb
To exhibit the flehmen response, i.e., to draw back the lips, allowing scent to reach the Jacobson’s organ, an auxiliary olfactory organ found in many animals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From German flehmen, from Upper Saxon German flemmen (“to look spiteful”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,714)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLEHMEN · 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.
FLEHMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLEHMEN starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EEFHLMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start FLEHME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLEHMEN?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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