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HOVERFLY
Definition 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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Where it comes from
From hover + fly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
HOVERFLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 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
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOVERFLY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EFHLORVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found HOVERFLY?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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