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HOUSEFLY
Definition of HOUSEFLY
noun
Any fly regularly found in human dwellings. The common housefly, Musca domestica, that frequents most homes and spreads some diseases.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From house + fly. Cognate with Dutch huisvlieg (“housefly”), Danish husflue (“housefly”), Swedish husfluga (“housefly”), Faroese húsfluga (“housefly”).
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.
HOUSEFLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
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
HOUSEFLY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EFHLOSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOUSEF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found HOUSEFLY?
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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