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FULMINES
Definition of FULMINES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of fulmine
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Word DNA
FULMINES inherits its ancestry from its root, FULMINE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% 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.
FULMINES 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 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
FULMINES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFILMNSU - 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 FULMINES?
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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