The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FLAKES
Definition of FLAKES
noun
plural of flake
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLAKES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 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 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLAKES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEFKLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found FLAKES?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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