The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FLUTE
Definition of FLUTE
noun
A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English fleute, floute, flote, from Old French flaute, fleüte, from Old Provençal flaüt, of uncertain origin. Perhaps ultimately from three possibilities: Doublet of flauta and fluyt.
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.
FLUTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 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 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FLUTE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFLTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLUTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found FLUTE?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER