FLAG

Where it comes from

From Middle English flag, flagge (“flag”), further etymology uncertain. Perhaps from or related to early Middle English flage (name for a baby's garment) and Old English flagg, flacg (“cataplasm, poultice, plaster”). Or, perhaps ultimately imitative, or otherwise drawn from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”), referring to the shape. Germanic cognates include Saterland Frisian Flaage (“flag”), West Frisian flagge (“flag”), Dutch vlag (“flag”), German Flagge (“flag”), Swedish flagga (“flag”), Danish flag (“flag, ship's flag”). Compare also Middle English flacken (“to flutter, palpitate”), Swedish dialectal flage (“to flutter in the wind”), Old Norse flögra (“to flap about”). Akin to Old High German flogarōn (“to flutter”), Old High German flogezen (“to flutter, flicker”), Middle English flakeren (“to move quickly to and fro”), Old English flacor (“fluttering, flying”). More at flack, flacker.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

FLAG in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.

It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.

Built from these letters

FLAG starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AFGL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start FLAG

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Also seen on Day 23