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FLUOROUS
Definition of FLUOROUS
adjective
Containing fluorite.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fluor- + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLUOROUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
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
FLUOROUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FLOORSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and O appear more than once.
Words that start FLUORO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLUOROUS?
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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