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FLUORESCENT
Definition of FLUORESCENT
adjective
Of or relating to fluorescence.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fluoresce + -ent.
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.
FLUORESCENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FLUORESCENT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEEFLNORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start FLUORES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found FLUORESCENT?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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