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FLUNKEYDOM
Definition of FLUNKEYDOM
noun
The state of a being a flunkey
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From flunkey + -dom.
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.
FLUNKEYDOM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLUNKEYDOM starts with F and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DEFKLMNOUY - 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 FLUNKEYDOM?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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