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FLATTOP
Definition of FLATTOP
noun
A short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up then cut flat across the top.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From flat + top. Sense of “aircraft carrier” attributed to the message, “Scratch one flattop,” radioed during the Battle of the Coral Sea by LCDR Robert E. Dixon to the USS Lexington, whose commanding officer credited the pilot with coining the standard USN slang.
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.
FLATTOP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
FLATTOP starts with F and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read AFLOPTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FLATTO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLATTOP?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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