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FLATTENING
Definition of FLATTENING
verb
present participle and gerund of flatten
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Word DNA
FLATTENING inherits its ancestry from its root, FLATTEN.
How it is built
Same root, FLATTEN · 2 relatives 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.
FLATTENING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLATTENING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEFGILNNTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and N appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FLATTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLATTENING?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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