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FLUMMERIES
Definition of FLUMMERIES
noun
plural of flummery
noun
A custard; any of several bland, gelatinous foodstuffs, usually made from stewed fruit and thickened with oatmeal, cornstarch or flour. A slightly tart, jelly-like food of Welsh origin, made from extensively boiling oats, then boiling down the liquid extracted from it.
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Word DNA
FLUMMERIES inherits its ancestry from its root, FLUMMERY.
Line of descent
- Welsh
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
35th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (139)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLUMMERY · 1 relative 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.
FLUMMERIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLUMMERIES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEFILMMRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found FLUMMERIES?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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