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FLATWASH
Definition of FLATWASH
noun
A style of painting in which shapes are completely filled with a solid color and have no outlines.
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Where it comes from
From flat + wash.
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.
FLATWASH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First found by a player on Day 95, 23 August 2026.
Built from these letters
FLATWASH starts with F and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AAFHLSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start FLATWA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLATWASH?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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