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FLOWING
Definition of FLOWING
verb
present participle and gerund of flow
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English flowyng; equivalent to flow + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLOWING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FLOWING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FGILNOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FLOWIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found FLOWING?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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