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FLINDER
Definition of FLINDER
noun
A small piece or fragment; a thin slice; splinter
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English flendris, of North Germanic origin, from or related to Norwegian flindra, from Proto-Germanic *flintaz, from Proto-Indo-European *splind- (“to split, cleave”).
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.
FLINDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
FLINDER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEFILNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLINDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLINDER?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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