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FLITCH
Definition of FLITCH
noun
The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English flicche, from Old English fliċċe (“side of an animal, flitch”), from Proto-Germanic *flikkiją (“side, flitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”). Cognate with Low German flikke, French flèche, Icelandic flikki (“flitch”), Middle Low German vlicke.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,647)
How it is built
Same root, FLITCH · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French, Icelandic, Middle Low German.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLITCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLITCH starts with F and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CFHILT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLITCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLITCH?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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