The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FLEXUOUS
Definition of FLEXUOUS
adjective
winding from side to side; sinuous
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin flexuosus, from flexus (“bend”), from flectere (“bend”).
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.
FLEXUOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLEXUOUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFLOSUUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found FLEXUOUS?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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