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FLENSE
Definition of FLENSE
verb
To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.
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Other senses
FLENSE carries 3 further meanings.
transitive verb
To strip the blubber or skin from (a whale, for example).
To cut up and remove the blubber of (a whale). Among American whalers the process is more commonly called cutting in.
verb
strip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal)
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Danish flense (now spelled flænse).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Danish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
37th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (51)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLENSE · 3 relatives in the game
FLENSE in a sentence
“It was braised flensing on a bed of flensed greens with a side of flensing in flense sauce.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLENSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 62 boards so far. 228 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLENSE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEFLNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start FLENSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found FLENSE?
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