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FLUSTER
Definition of FLUSTER
verb
To throw (someone) into a state of confusion or panic; to befuddle, to confuse.
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Where it comes from
The verb is probably from Middle English *flostren (implied in flostring, flostrynge (“agitation; blustering”)) from a Scandinavian (North Germanic) language; compare Icelandic flaustra (“to bustle”), flaustr (“a bustle; a hurry”). Compare Old English flustrian (“to weave, plait, braid”). The noun is derived from the verb.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLUSTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FLUSTER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFLRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FLUSTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found FLUSTER?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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