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FLUME
Definition of FLUME
noun
A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English flum, from Old French flum, flun, from Latin flumen, from fluere (“to flow”).
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, FLUME · 3 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.
FLUME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 71 boards so far. 443 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLUME starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFLMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found FLUME?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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