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GREENFLY
Definition of GREENFLY
noun
Any of several kinds of common insects green in color: Certain aphids (Aphidoidea), commonly known as greenfly in Britain and the Commonwealth. Especially, Myzus persicae, green peach aphid. Lucilia sericata, common green bottle fly. Tabanus nigrovittatus, a biting horsefly more commonly known as the greenhead horsefly, greenhead fly, or greenhead. Odontomyia chloris (syn. Musca chloris).
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Where it comes from
From green + 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.
GREENFLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GREENFLY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEFGLNRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GREENF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found GREENFLY?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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