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FLOUNCES
Definition of FLOUNCES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of flounce
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Another sense
FLOUNCES carries a second meaning.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flounce.
Word DNA
FLOUNCES inherits its ancestry from its root, FLOUNCE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
42nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (39)
branch · 22.3% 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.
FLOUNCES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 151 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLOUNCES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEFLNOSU - 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.
Could you have found FLOUNCES?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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