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OUTFLANKED
Definition of OUTFLANKED
verb
simple past and past participle of outflank
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Word DNA
OUTFLANKED inherits its ancestry from its root, OUTFLANK.
How it is built
Same root, OUTFLANK · 3 relatives 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.
OUTFLANKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OUTFLANKED starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEFKLNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OUTFLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OUTFLANKED?
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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