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FLOPHOUSE
Definition of FLOPHOUSE
noun
A cheap hotel or boarding house where many people sleep in large rooms.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From flop + house, originally hobo slang, presumably from slang flop (“lie down to sleep”).
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.
FLOPHOUSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
FLOPHOUSE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFHLOOPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start FLOPHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found FLOPHOUSE?
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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