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FLOCK
Definition of FLOCK
noun
A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration. A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but also used for goats or other livestock animals, or sometimes any group of animals. The group of sheep being watched by one shepherd. A large number of people.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English flok, from Old English flocc (“flock, company, troop”), from Proto-West Germanic *flokk, from Proto-Germanic *flukkaz (“crowd, troop”). Cognate with German Low German Flock (“crowd, flock”), Danish flok (“flock”), Swedish flock (“flock”), Norwegian flokk (“flock”), Faroese flokkur (“flock”), Icelandic flokkur (“flock, group”). Related also to Norman fliotchet (“flock, crowd”), from Old Norse. Perhaps related to Old English folc (“crowd, troop, band”). More at folk.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,861)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLOCK · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Old Norse, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 87 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FLOCK starts with F and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CFKLO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLOCK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found FLOCK?
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