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FLOCCULES

9 letters

Definition of FLOCCULES

noun

plural of floccule

FLOCCULE

noun

A small, loosely aggregated mass of material suspended in, or precipitated from a solution; a floc.

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Word DNA

FLOCCULES inherits its ancestry from its root, FLOCCULE.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.6%

of traced words share this origin (25,170)

Italic

branch · 30.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, FLOCCULE · 3 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FLOCCULES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 166
Its 3 boards, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
118
First board
153
Latest board
22
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

sbyerly

on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FLOCCULES
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FLOCCULES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCEFLLOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and C appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start FLOCCU

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FLOCCULES?

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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