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FLANKED
Definition of FLANKED
adjective
Having a particulary kind of flank.
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Word DNA
FLANKED inherits its ancestry from its root, FLANK.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,625)
How it is built
Same root, FLANK · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Low German.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLANKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 88 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLANKED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEFKLN - 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 FLANKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found FLANKED?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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