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FLATBACK
Definition of FLATBACK
noun
A chelonid turtle, Natator depressus, with low-domed carapace, endemic to the continental shelf of Australia.
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Where it comes from
From flat + back.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FLATBACK · 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.
FLATBACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 163, 30 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLATBACK starts with F and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AABCFKLT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found FLATBACK?
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 163 - and most players walked straight past it.
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