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FLAN
Definition of FLAN
noun
A baked tart with a sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed around 1846 from French flan (“cheesecake, custard tart, flan”), or in some uses (in reference to Spanish/Latin American flans) later from Spanish flan (itself from the French), both from Old French flaon (whence also Middle English flaon, flaun (“pie; cake”)), from Late Latin fladō (“flat cake”), from Frankish *flaþō (“flat cake”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“broad, flat”); compare German Fladen. Akin to Old High German flado (“flat cake, offering cake”). Doublet of flathe. Although the -n is generally believed to derive from the Late Latin accusative form (fladonem) of fladō (“flat cake”), it might alternatively derive from an inflected form of the Frankish word (such as the Frankish accusative *flaþan, or the like). For a similar case, see garden.
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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.
FLAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLAN starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AFLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found FLAN?
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