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OUTFLASH
Definition of OUTFLASH
verb
To flash more brightly than; to outshine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From out- + flash.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OUTFLASH · 2 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.
OUTFLASH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUTFLASH starts with O and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AFHLOSTU - 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 OUTFLASH?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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