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FLINGIEST
Definition of FLINGIEST
adjective
superlative form of flingy: most flingy
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Word DNA
FLINGIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, FLING.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,995)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLING · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLINGIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 156, 23 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLINGIEST starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EFGIILNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FLINGI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLINGIEST?
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 156 - and most players walked straight past it.
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