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FLOX
Definition of FLOX
verb
To sandwich a DNA sequence between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP".
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
FLOX carries 3 further meanings.
noun
A simplified spelling of phlox.
noun
Alternative capitalization of FLOX
verb
To add fluorine to liquid-oxygen rocket fuel
Where it comes from
Abbreviation of "flanked by loxP"
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FLOX · 1 relative 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.
FLOX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 126 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLOX starts with F and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read FLOX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found FLOX?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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