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FLOODWATER
Definition of FLOODWATER
noun
The water of a flood.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From flood + water.
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.
FLOODWATER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLOODWATER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEFLOORTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 FLOODW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found FLOODWATER?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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