The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FLASHOVER
Definition of FLASHOVER
noun
The near simultaneous ignition of all combustible material in an enclosed area.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Deverbal from flash over.
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.
FLASHOVER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
FLASHOVER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEFHLORSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLASHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found FLASHOVER?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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