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FLATUS
Definition of FLATUS
noun
Gas generated in the digestive tract.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin flātus (“blowing, wind, fart”). First attested in the 1660s–1670s.
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.
FLATUS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 98 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FLATUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFLSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FLATUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found FLATUS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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