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FULMINE
Definition of FULMINE
verb
To thunder or lightning.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French fulminer, from Latin fulminō (“lighten, illuminate”). More at fulminate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,444)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FULMINE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FULMINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FULMINE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFILMNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FULMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FULMINE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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