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FLOUNDER
Definition of FLOUNDER
noun
A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English flowndre, from Anglo-Norman floundre, from Old Northern French flondre, from Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ. Cognate with Danish flynder, German Flunder, Swedish flundra.
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.
FLOUNDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 236 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FLOUNDER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEFLNORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FLOUND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found FLOUNDER?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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