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FLIMSIES
Definition of FLIMSIES
noun
Skimpy underwear.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From flimsy (adjective) + -ies (variant of -es (suffix forming regular plurals of some nouns; and the third person singular present indicative forms of some regular verbs)).
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.
FLIMSIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLIMSIES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFIILMSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and S appear 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.
Words that start FLIMSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLIMSIES?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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