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FLUSHEST

8 letters

Definition of FLUSHEST

adjective

superlative form of flush: most flush

FLUSH

noun

A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.

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Word DNA

FLUSHEST inherits its ancestry from its root, FLUSH.

Line of descent

  1. Middle English
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Middle English

Deepest traced root

4th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

6.2%

of traced words share this origin (5,144)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

adjectivecompound

Same root, FLUSH · 9 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names German.

Every Middle English word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FLUSHEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 168
Its one board, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
118
First board
50
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 50 days.

First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.

Built from these letters

FLUSHEST
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FLUSHEST starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EFHLSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Words that start FLUSHE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FLUSHEST?

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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.

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