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FLORID
Definition of FLORID
adjective
Having a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French floride (“flourishing”), from Latin floridus (“flowery, blooming”). Doublet of Florida.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLORID · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLORID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 80 boards so far. 350 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLORID starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DFILOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLORID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found FLORID?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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