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FLOCKINGS
Definition of FLOCKINGS
noun
plural of flocking
FLOCK · via flocking
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.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLOCKINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 112 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLOCKINGS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CFGIKLNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLOCKI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found FLOCKINGS?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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