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HYDROFOIL
Definition of HYDROFOIL
noun
A wing attached to the hull of a ship that raises it out of the water when travelling at speed and thus reduces drag.
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Where it comes from
From hydro- + foil.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HYDROFOIL · 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.
HYDROFOIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYDROFOIL starts with H and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read DFHILOORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start HYDROF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found HYDROFOIL?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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