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FLATHEAD

/ˈflætˌhɛd/8 letters

Definition of FLATHEAD

noun

Any fish in the family Platycephalidae.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From flat + head.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FLATHEAD in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 6 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
45
First board
110
Latest board
54
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First ever to find it

franklin

on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FLATHEAD
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

FLATHEAD starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEFHLT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start FLATHE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FLATHEAD?

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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.

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