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FLUKED
Definition of FLUKED
adjective
Having flukes.
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Another sense
FLUKED carries a second meaning.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of fluke.
Word DNA
FLUKED inherits its ancestry from its root, FLUKE.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (930)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLUKE · 3 relatives in the game
FLUKED in a sentence
“A word of warning about the diagrams I posted - they're pretty small samples (50-100 pitches apiece for 2009) and they could easily be fluked, which is why I'd really have liked to have had multiple years of data to play with.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLUKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLUKED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEFKLU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found FLUKED?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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