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FLAK
Definition of FLAK
noun
Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German FlaK, short for Fliegerabwehrkanone (“anti airplane cannon”).
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.
FLAK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLAK starts with F and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AFKL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLAK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found FLAK?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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