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FLETCHING
Definition of FLETCHING
verb
present participle and gerund of fletch
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Other senses
FLETCHING carries 4 further meanings.
noun
The feathers on an arrow.
verb
Present participle of fletch.
noun
attaching fins, such as halved-feathers to a projectile in order to stabilize its flight;
noun
the fins or feathers so attached.
Word DNA
FLETCHING inherits its ancestry from its root, FLETCH.
How it is built
Same root, FLETCH · 4 relatives in the game
FLETCHING in a sentence
“I used to like the prong rests because it was simple but the helical fletching is a problem so i switched to the ripcord and never looked back.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLETCHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 112 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLETCHING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEFGHILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLETCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found FLETCHING?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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