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FLEET

/ˈfliːt/5 letters

Definition of FLEET

noun

A group of vessels or vehicles, generally operating in a unified way or traveling together.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English flete, flet (“fleet”), from Old English flēot (“ship”), likely related to Proto-West Germanic *flotōn, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

FLEET in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 97
Its 14 boards, across 97 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
14
Boards found on
19
First board
92
Latest board
22
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

eyedoc

on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FLEET
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

FLEET starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEFLT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start FLEET

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FLEETSFLEETEDFLEETERFLEETLYFLEETESTFLEETINGFLEETNESSFLEETINGLYFLEETNESSESFLEETINGNESSFLEETINGNESSES

Could you have found FLEET?

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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.

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