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KERFLOOEY
Definition of KERFLOOEY
adjective
kaput
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Where it comes from
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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.
KERFLOOEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KERFLOOEY starts with K and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEFKLOORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found KERFLOOEY?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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