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FLENSER
Definition of FLENSER
noun
One who flenses (cuts blubber from a whale carcass)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Danish flense or Dutch vlensen, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *flintaz-, from Proto-Indo-European *splind- (“to split, cleave”), from *(s)plei- (“to split”)..
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,614)
How it is built
Same root, FLENSER · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
FLENSER in a sentence
“The problem of how best to help needy Americans now is completely separate from the problem of how best to get the economy to create jobs again. flenser Says:”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLENSER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 142 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FLENSER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEFLNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 FLENSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found FLENSER?
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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