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HYDROPLANES
Definition of HYDROPLANES
noun
plural of hydroplane
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Another sense
HYDROPLANES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of hydroplane.
Word DNA
HYDROPLANES inherits its ancestry from its root, HYDROPLANE.
How it is built
Same root, HYDROPLANE · 3 relatives in the game
HYDROPLANES in a sentence
“Interspersed among the towns are other sights worth stopping for: a military aircraft museum, built at a landing site for World War I hydroplanes; the San Liberato estate, with botanical gardens and a ninth-century Romanesque church (by appointment, www.sanliberato.it ); and Martignano Lake, a smaller body of water accessible by car to patrons of a lakeside restaurant ( www.ilristoroamartignano.net ).”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HYDROPLANES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 98 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYDROPLANES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEHLNOPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HYDROPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found HYDROPLANES?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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