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FLOW
Definition of FLOW
noun
Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English flowe, from the verb (see below). The psychology sense “state of focus” was coined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in 1975.
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.
FLOW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FLOW starts with F and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read FLOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FLOW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found FLOW?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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