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FLYBY
Definition of FLYBY
noun
A flight past a celestial object in order to make observations.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Deverbal from fly by.
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.
FLYBY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 48 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLYBY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BFLYY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. Y appears more than once.
Could you have found FLYBY?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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