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REFLUX
Definition of REFLUX
noun
The backwards flow of any fluid.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, REFLUX · 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.
REFLUX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 176 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 85, 13 August 2026.
Built from these letters
REFLUX starts with R and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read EFLRUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start REFLUX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found REFLUX?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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