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FLOURISH
Definition of FLOURISH
verb
To thrive or grow well.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English floryschen, from Old French florir (via the arrhizotonic stem floriss-), from Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre, from Latin flōrem (“flower”, noun). Corresponds to flower + -ish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLOURISH · 6 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.
FLOURISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 141 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FLOURISH starts with F and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read FHILORSU - 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 23
Could you have found FLOURISH?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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