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FLIGHTY
Definition of FLIGHTY
adjective
Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From flight + -y. Compare Dutch vluchtig (“volatile; fleeting; cursory”), German flüchtig (“volatile; fleeting; momentary; quick”), Danish flygtig (“elusive; evasive”), Swedish flyktig.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLIGHTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 170 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FLIGHTY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FGHILTY - 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.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found FLIGHTY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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