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FLITTER

/ˈflɪtɚ/7 letters

Definition of FLITTER

verb

To scatter in pieces.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English flytteren, frequentative form of flitten, flytten, flütten, possibly from Old Norse flytja (“to carry about, convey”), equivalent to flit + -er (frequentative suffix).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FLITTER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 106
Its one board, across 106 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
106
First board
0
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

wiredferret

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FLITTER
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FLITTER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFILRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start FLITTE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FLITTER?

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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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