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FLOURING
Definition of FLOURING
verb
present participle and gerund of flour
noun
Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.
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Word DNA
FLOURING inherits its ancestry from its root, FLOUR.
How it is built
Same root, FLOUR · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLOURING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLOURING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FGILNORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLOURI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found FLOURING?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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