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FLAGITIOUS
Definition of FLAGITIOUS
adjective
Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French flagitieux or Latin flāgitiōsus, both ultimately from flāgitium (“shameful crime”), related to flagrum (“whip”).
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.
FLAGITIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 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
FLAGITIOUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFGIILOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FLAGIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found FLAGITIOUS?
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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