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FLUB
Definition of FLUB
noun
An error; a mistake in the performance of an action.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Possibly suggested by fluff and flop. First appeared in the US as a verb c. 1924, and as a noun c. 1953.
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.
FLUB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 149 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FLUB starts with F and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read BFLU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLUB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLUB?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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