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FLOAT
Definition of FLOAT
verb
To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English floten, from Old English flotian (“to float”), from Proto-West Germanic *flotōn, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”). Compare flow, fleet.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLOAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FLOAT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AFLOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FLOAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found FLOAT?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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