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FLOCKERS
Definition of FLOCKERS
noun
plural of flocker
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Word DNA
FLOCKERS inherits its ancestry from its root, FLOCK.
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 (4,019)
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.
FLOCKERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 171, 7 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLOCKERS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEFKLORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found FLOCKERS?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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