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FLOODGATE
Definition of FLOODGATE
noun
An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English flodegate, flodgate, flodeyate, floodȝate, flodȝete, equivalent to flood + gate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLOODGATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLOODGATE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEFGLOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found FLOODGATE?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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