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BLOWFLY
Definition of BLOWFLY
noun
Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or open wounds.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From blow (“to infest with maggots by depositing eggs upon flesh”) + fly.
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.
BLOWFLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLOWFLY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BFLLOWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found BLOWFLY?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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