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FLICKERING

/ˈflɪkəɹɪŋ/10 letters

Definition of FLICKERING

adjective

shining unsteadily or varying rapidly in brightness (referring to a light or a source of light)

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FLICKERING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 100
Its 18 boards, across 100 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
18
Boards found on
19
First board
95
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.

Built from these letters

FLICKERING
10
Letters
3
Vowels
7
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FLICKERING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEFGIIKLNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start FLICKE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FLICKERING?

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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.

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