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FLOUNCY
Definition of FLOUNCY
adjective
Moving with a flounce (“a bouncy, exaggerated manner; an act of departing in a dramatic, haughty way that draws attention to oneself”).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
FLOUNCY carries a second meaning.
adjective
gathered and pleated
Where it comes from
From flounce (noun) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLOUNCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 89 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
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
FLOUNCY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CFLNOUY - 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 25
Could you have found FLOUNCY?
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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