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FLANKEN
Definition of FLANKEN
noun
A certain cut of beef used in Ashkenazic Jewish cuisine, made by cutting short ribs across the bone
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Yiddish פֿלאַנקען (flanken).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Yiddish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
30th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (215)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLANKEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLANKEN starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEFKLNN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start FLANKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLANKEN?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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