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FLOCCUS
Definition of FLOCCUS
noun
A cloud species which consists of rounded tufts of cloud, often formed by dissipation from larger cloud species. Associated with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus genera.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin floccus.
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.
FLOCCUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
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
FLOCCUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCFLOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FLOCCU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLOCCUS?
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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