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FIREFLY
Definition of FIREFLY
noun
Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Endocentric compound of fire + fly, because the insects glow; whence also lightning bug. Compare glow fly, glowworm, and lanternfly. Compare typologically Ancient Greek λαμπυρίς (lampurís, “glowworm”) (<+ πῦρ (pûr)).
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.
FIREFLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FIREFLY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EFFILRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once.
Words that start FIREFL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FIREFLY?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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