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FULGENT
Definition of FULGENT
adjective
Shining brilliantly; radiant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
FULGENT carries 4 further meanings.
Shining; very bright; dazzling.
In heraldry, having rays, as a star or sun.
adjective
Exquisitely bright; shining; dazzling; effulgent.
adjective
shining intensely
“blinding headlights”
Where it comes from
From Middle English fulgent, from Latin fulgēns. By surface analysis, Latin fulg(ere) + -ent.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
FULGENT in a sentence
“These from the scabrous canvas of fulgent wastrels and transcendental madmen.”
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 62 boards so far. 181 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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 mean much the same
Near-synonyms of FULGENT. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
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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