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FLICKING

/ˈflɪkɪŋ/8 letters

Definition of FLICKING

verb

present participle and gerund of flick

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FLICKING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 110
Its 10 boards, across 110 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
21
First board
108
Latest board
21
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

swimmer1018

on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FLICKING
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FLICKING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CFGIIKLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I 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.

Could you have found FLICKING?

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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.

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