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TOADFLAX
Definition of TOADFLAX
noun
Any of several European plants, of the genus Linaria, having two-lipped yellow flowers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From toad + flax.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TOADFLAX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOADFLAX starts with T and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read AADFLOTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found TOADFLAX?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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