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FILANDERS
Definition of FILANDERS
noun
A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small thread-like worms (probably Capillaria), and of filaments of coagulated blood, stemming from the rupture of a vein.
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Where it comes from
French filandres, from Latin filum (“thread”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FILANDERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FILANDERS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEFILNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found FILANDERS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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