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FULIGINOUS
Definition of FULIGINOUS
adjective
Pertaining to or resembling soot in such features as colour, texture or taste; sooty, dusky.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin fūlīginōsus, from fūlīgō (“soot”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
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.
FULIGINOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FULIGINOUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FGIILNOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and I appear more than once.
Words that start FULIGI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found FULIGINOUS?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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