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FURLING
Definition of FURLING
verb
present participle and gerund of furl
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Word DNA
FURLING inherits its ancestry from its root, FURL.
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,282)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FURL · 5 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.
FURLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FURLING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FGILNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found FURLING?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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