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FLAW
Definition of FLAW
noun
A flake, fragment, or shiver.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English flawe, flay (“a flake of fire or snow, spark, splinter”), probably from Old Norse flaga (“a flag or slab of stone, flake”), from Proto-Germanic *flagō (“a layer of soil”), from Proto-Indo-European *plok- (“broad, flat”). Cognate with Icelandic flaga (“flake”), Swedish flaga (“flake, scale”), Danish flage (“flake”), Middle Low German vlage (“a layer of soil”), Old English flōh (“a fragment, piece”).
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.
FLAW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLAW starts with F and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read AFLW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLAW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found FLAW?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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