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FLOSSILY

8 letters

Definition of FLOSSILY

adverb

In a flossy manner.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From flossy + -ly.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

FLOSSILY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its one board, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
76
First board
43
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.

First ever to find it

capybara

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FLOSSILY
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start FLOSSI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FLOSSIEFLOSSIERFLOSSIESFLOSSINGFLOSSIESTFLOSSINGS

Could you have found FLOSSILY?

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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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