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FLECK
Definition of FLECK
noun
A flake.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English *flekk, *flekke (attested in Middle English flekked (“spotted, flecked”)), from Old Norse flekkr (“spot”), from Proto-Germanic *flekka-. Cognate with Dutch vlek, German Fleck, Swedish fläck.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,940)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLECK · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLECK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLECK starts with F and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CEFKL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLECK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found FLECK?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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