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FLANGERS
Definition of FLANGERS
noun
plural of flanger
noun
An electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound.
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Word DNA
FLANGERS inherits its ancestry from its root, FLANGER.
How it is built
Same root, FLANGER · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLANGERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 62 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FLANGERS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEFGLNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLANGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLANGERS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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