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ALDERFLIES
Definition of ALDERFLIES
noun
plural of alderfly
noun
A member of any one of the 66 species of the family Sialidae of megalopteran insects, each specimen of which has a body length not exceeding one inch and possesses long filamentous antennae and four large dark wings.
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Word DNA
ALDERFLIES inherits its ancestry from its root, ALDERFLY.
How it is built
Same root, ALDERFLY · 1 relative 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.
ALDERFLIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALDERFLIES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFILLRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and E appear more than once.
Could you have found ALDERFLIES?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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