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HYDROFOILS
Definition of HYDROFOILS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
HYDROFOILS inherits its ancestry from its root, HYDROFOIL.
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.
HYDROFOILS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYDROFOILS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DFHILOORSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found HYDROFOILS?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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