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FLANES
Definition of FLANES
Wiktionary has no entry for FLANES itself. This is its base word, 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
The origin recorded for FLAN.
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.
FLANES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLANES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEFLNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found FLANES?
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