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FLOSS
Definition of FLOSS
noun
A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unclear: Cognate with Old High German flocko (“down”), Middle Dutch vlocke (“flock”), Norwegian dialectal flugsa (“snowflake”), Dutch flos (“plush”) (tr=17c.).
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.
FLOSS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLOSS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FLOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FLOSS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLOSS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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