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MEGAFLOP
Definition of MEGAFLOP
noun
megaflops (one million FLOPS, or floating point operations per second)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation of megaflops in the computing sense – the final ⟨s⟩ is not the plural suffix but stands for “second”.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MEGAFLOP · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MEGAFLOP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MEGAFLOP starts with M and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read AEFGLMOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MEGAFL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found MEGAFLOP?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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