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FLEXIONS
Definition of FLEXIONS
noun
plural of flexion
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Word DNA
FLEXIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, FLEXION.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,103)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLEXION · 1 relative 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.
FLEXIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 118 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLEXIONS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFILNOSX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. 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 FLEXIONS?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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