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FLOSSED

7 letters

Definition of FLOSSED

verb

simple past and past participle of floss

FLOSS

noun

A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.

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Word DNA

FLOSSED inherits its ancestry from its root, FLOSS.

How it is built

verb

Same root, FLOSS · 4 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names German, Middle Dutch, Norwegian.

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FLOSSED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Its one board, across 171 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
146
First board
25
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.

First ever to find it

gnathan

on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FLOSSED
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FLOSSED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEFLOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start FLOSSE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FLOSSED?

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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.

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