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SAWFLY
Definition of SAWFLY
noun
Any of various flying insects of the suborder Symphyta, within the order Hymenoptera, whose ovipositor is long and often serrated and is used to cut into plants to lay eggs.
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Where it comes from
From saw + fly.
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.
SAWFLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAWFLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AFLSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found SAWFLY?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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