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FLATWORKS
Definition of FLATWORKS
Wiktionary has no entry for FLATWORKS itself. This is its base word, FLATWORK.
noun
Horizontal construction work using concrete, such as floors.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for FLATWORK.
From flat + work.
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.
FLATWORKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLATWORKS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFKLORSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLATWO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLATWORKS?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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