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FLEES
Definition of FLEES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of flee
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Word DNA
FLEES inherits its ancestry from its root, FLEE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.8%
of traced words share this origin (2,661)
How it is built
Same root, FLEE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLEES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FLEES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEFLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found FLEES?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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