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FLOUNCED
Definition of FLOUNCED
adjective
Having flounces; ruffled.
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Another sense
FLOUNCED carries a second meaning.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of flounce.
Word DNA
FLOUNCED inherits its ancestry from its root, FLOUNCE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
43rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (66)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLOUNCE · 3 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.
FLOUNCED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 199 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FLOUNCED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEFLNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLOUNC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
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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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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