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FLAKER

/ˈfleɪkə/6 letters

Definition of FLAKER

noun

A tool or appliance used to break flakes off a piece of material or something into it.

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Where it comes from

From flake + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FLAKER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 109
Its 3 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
47
First board
68
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.

First found by a player on Day 47, 6 July 2026.

Built from these letters

FLAKER
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start FLAKER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FLAKER?

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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.

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