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FLANEUR
Definition of FLANEUR
noun
One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. One who walks to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.
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Other senses
FLANEUR carries 4 further meanings.
noun
An idle, gossiping saunterer; one who habitually strolls about idly.
noun
One who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer.
noun
One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace.
noun
An idler, a loafer.
Where it comes from
From French flâneur (“loafer, idler, dawdler, loiterer”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,168)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLANEUR · 1 relative in the game
FLANEUR in a sentence
“He was called a flaneur, one who strolled the arcades.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLANEUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 136 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FLANEUR starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEFLNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of FLANEUR. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found FLANEUR?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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