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OUTFLANKER
Definition of OUTFLANKER
noun
One who is positioned so as to outflank the enemy in combat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From outflank + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
OUTFLANKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 149, 16 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUTFLANKER starts with O and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEFKLNORTU - 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 OUTFLANKER?
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 149 - and most players walked straight past it.
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