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FLEXOR
Definition of FLEXOR
noun
A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin flexor, agent noun of flectō (“to bend”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLEXOR · 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.
FLEXOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 67, 26 July 2026.
Built from these letters
FLEXOR starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFLORX - 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.
Could you have found FLEXOR?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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