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FLICKERING
Definition of FLICKERING
adjective
shining unsteadily or varying rapidly in brightness (referring to a light or a source of light)
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Word DNA
FLICKERING inherits its ancestry from its root, FLICKER.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (905)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLICKER · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
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 27 boards so far. 115 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
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.
Also seen on Day 19
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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