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FLOCCOSE
Definition of FLOCCOSE
adjective
Covered or growing in wooly tufts
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin floccosus.
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.
FLOCCOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLOCCOSE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CCEFLOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and C appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found FLOCCOSE?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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