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HORSEFLY
Definition of HORSEFLY
noun
Any of several medium to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English horse fliȝe, equivalent to horse + 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.
HORSEFLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 97 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HORSEFLY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EFHLORSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HORSEF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found HORSEFLY?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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