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FLUNKERS
Definition of FLUNKERS
noun
plural of flunker
noun
Someone who has flunked: failed in an examination, been kept back to repeat a grade, or flunked out of school.
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Word DNA
FLUNKERS inherits its ancestry from its root, FLUNKER.
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLUNKERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 72 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLUNKERS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFKLNRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLUNKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found FLUNKERS?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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