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FLIRTING
Definition of FLIRTING
verb
present participle and gerund of flirt
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Word DNA
FLIRTING inherits its ancestry from its root, FLIRT.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
42nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (39)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLIRT · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Middle English, Old English, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLIRTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 47, 6 July 2026.
Built from these letters
FLIRTING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FGIILNRT - 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 FLIRTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found FLIRTING?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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