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FLAXENISH

9 letters

Definition of FLAXENISH

adjective

Somewhat flaxen.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From flaxen + -ish.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjectivecompound-ish

Same root, FLAXEN · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FLAXENISH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 176
Its 6 boards, across 176 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
144
First board
174
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 174, 10 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

oops

on Day 144, 11 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FLAXENISH
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FLAXENISH starts with F and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AEFHILNSX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start FLAXEN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FLAXENISH?

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 144 - and most players walked straight past it.

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