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FLAUNCHED
Definition of FLAUNCHED
adjective
Alternative form of flanched.
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Word DNA
FLAUNCHED inherits its ancestry from its root, FLANCH.
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,286)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLANCH · 5 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.
FLAUNCHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLAUNCHED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEFHLNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLAUNC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLAUNCHED?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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