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FULGENT
Definition of FULGENT
adjective
Shining brilliantly; radiant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English fulgent, from Latin fulgēns. By surface analysis, Latin fulg(ere) + -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.
FULGENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FULGENT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EFGLNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FULGEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found FULGENT?
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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