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FLEXIONAL
Definition of FLEXIONAL
adjective
Dated spelling of flectional.
adjective
Pertaining to flection; serving to bend or vary, specifically, pertaining to the terminal variation of words; inflectional.
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Where it comes from
From flexion + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FLECTION · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLEXIONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLEXIONAL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEFILLNOX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start FLEXIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLEXIONAL?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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