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FLECKY
Definition of FLECKY
adjective
Having flecks.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fleck + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FLECK · 8 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.
FLECKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FLECKY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEFKLY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found FLECKY?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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