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DOBSONFLIES
Definition of DOBSONFLIES
noun
plural of dobsonfly
noun
Any insect of the subfamily Corydalinae, whose males have long mandibles, found in the Americas and related most closely to the fishfly.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOBSONFLIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOBSONFLIES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDEFILNOOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and S appear more than once.
Could you have found DOBSONFLIES?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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