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FLACKED
Definition of FLACKED
verb
simple past and past participle of flack
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Word DNA
FLACKED inherits its ancestry from its root, FLACK.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,770)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLACK · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic, Middle Dutch, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLACKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 61 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FLACKED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEFKL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLACKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found FLACKED?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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