The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FLUTY
Definition of FLUTY
adjective
Resembling the sound of a flute.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From flute + -y.
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.
FLUTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
FLUTY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FLTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found FLUTY?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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