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FLYWEIGHT

9 letters

Definition of FLYWEIGHT

noun

A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From fly + weight.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompound

Same root, FLYWEIGHT · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FLYWEIGHT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 162
Its 16 boards, across 162 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
16
Boards found on
41
First board
157
Latest board
34
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

chris

on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FLYWEIGHT
9
Letters
2
Vowels
7
Consonants
9
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

FLYWEIGHT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EFGHILTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start FLYWEI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FLYWEIGHT?

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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.

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