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FLOUT
Definition of FLOUT
verb
To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps from Middle English flouten (“to play the flute”); compare with Dutch fluiten.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Dutch
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (234)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLOUT · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLOUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 69 boards so far. 217 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FLOUT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read FLOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLOUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found FLOUT?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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