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HOVERFLIES
Definition of HOVERFLIES
noun
plural of hoverfly
noun
Any of various flies from the family Syrphidae that hover in the air and feed on the nectar of flowers.
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Word DNA
HOVERFLIES inherits its ancestry from its root, HOVERFLY.
How it is built
Same root, HOVERFLY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOVERFLIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOVERFLIES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEFHILORSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found HOVERFLIES?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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