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FLOUNDERISH
Definition of FLOUNDERISH
adjective
that flounders; that moves with awkward struggles
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From flounder (“act clumsily (verb)”) + -ish.
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.
FLOUNDERISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 175, 11 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLOUNDERISH starts with F and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read DEFHILNORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLOUNDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLOUNDERISH?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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