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FLINDERS
Definition of FLINDERS
noun
fragments, splinters
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably of North Germanic/Scandinavian origin; see flinder.
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.
FLINDERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 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 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLINDERS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEFILNRS - 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.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found FLINDERS?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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