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FLENSE
Definition of FLENSE
verb
To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Danish flense (now spelled flænse).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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 35 boards so far. 104 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 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?
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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