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FLINCHY
Definition of FLINCHY
adjective
Tending to flinch easily; timid, shy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From flinch + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FLINCH · 5 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLINCHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 149, 16 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 149, 16 October 2026.
Built from these letters
FLINCHY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CFHILNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLINCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLINCHY?
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 149 - and most players walked straight past it.
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