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FLANGE
Definition of FLANGE
noun
An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dialectal English flange (“to project”), flanch (“a projection”), from Middle French flanche, from Old French flanche (“flank, side”), from Frankish *hlanku (“bend, curve; side, flank”). See flank. As a term for a group of baboons, it was popularized in the comedy TV series Not the Nine O'Clock News.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLANGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLANGE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFGLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FLANGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found FLANGE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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