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FLUSTERING
Definition of FLUSTERING
adjective
Agitated, confusing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fluster + -ing.
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.
FLUSTERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 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 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FLUSTERING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EFGILNRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLUSTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLUSTERING?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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