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FLEHMENING
Definition of FLEHMENING
verb
present participle and gerund of flehmen
FLEHM · via flehmen
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.
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Word DNA
FLEHMENING inherits its ancestry from its root, FLEHMEN.
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 (2,839)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLEHMEN · 2 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.
FLEHMENING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLEHMENING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EEFGHILMNN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
Words that start FLEHME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLEHMENING?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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