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FLAGSTICK
Definition of FLAGSTICK
noun
The pole which marks the location of a hole
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Where it comes from
From flag + stick.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLAGSTICK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 163, 30 October 2026.
Built from these letters
FLAGSTICK starts with F and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACFGIKLST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLAGST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLAGSTICK?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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