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FLOSSY
Definition of FLOSSY
adjective
Resembling floss.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From floss + -y.
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.
FLOSSY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLOSSY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FLOSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found FLOSSY?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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