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FLANK
Definition of FLANK
verb
To attack the flank(s) of.
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Where it comes from
From Late Middle English flanc, from Late Old English flanc (“flank”), from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin, probably Frankish *hlanca, from Proto-West Germanic *hlanku (“bend, curve, hip, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“flexible, sleek, bendsome”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend”). Akin to Old High German hlanca (“loin”), Middle Low German lanke (“hip joint”) (German lenken (“to bend, turn, lead”)), Old English hlanc (“loose, slender, flaccid, lank”). More at lank.
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.
FLANK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FLANK starts with F and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AFKLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLANK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found FLANK?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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