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LOVEBUG
Definition of LOVEBUG
noun
An insect, the honeymoon fly (Plecia nearctica, family Biblionidae), native to Central America and the southeastern United States.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From love + bug. From their mating behavior, remaining paired up for several days during copulation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LOVEBUG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LOVEBUG starts with L and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEGLOUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found LOVEBUG?
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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