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FLUNKEY
Definition of FLUNKEY
noun
An underling; a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household).
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Where it comes from
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FLUNKEY · 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.
FLUNKEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLUNKEY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EFKLNUY - 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.
Could you have found FLUNKEY?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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