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FLAGPOLES
Definition of FLAGPOLES
noun
plural of flagpole
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Word DNA
FLAGPOLES inherits its ancestry from its root, FLAGPOLE.
How it is built
Same root, FLAGPOLE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, 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.
FLAGPOLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLAGPOLES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEFGLLOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Could you have found FLAGPOLES?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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