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FLIGHT

/ˈflaɪ̯t/6 letters

Definition of FLIGHT

noun

The act of flying; the ability to fly.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English flight, from Old English flyht (“flight”), from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti (“flight”), derived from *fleuganą (“to fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”), enlargement of *plew- (“flow”). Analyzable as fly + -t (variant of -th). Cognate with West Frisian flecht (“flight”), Dutch vlucht (“flight”), German Flucht (“flight”) (etymology 2).

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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.

FLIGHT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 19 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
9
First board
102
Latest board
31
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

FLIGHT
6
Letters
1
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FLIGHT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read FGHILT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start FLIGHT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FLIGHTSFLIGHTYFLIGHTEDFLIGHTIERFLIGHTILYFLIGHTINGFLIGHTIESTFLIGHTLESSFLIGHTINESSFLIGHTINESSES

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