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FULMINEOUS
Definition of FULMINEOUS
adjective
fulminous; of or pertaining to thunder.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Latin fulmen (“thunder”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% 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.
FULMINEOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
FULMINEOUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFILMNOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start FULMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FULMINEOUS?
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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