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WHITEFLY
Definition of WHITEFLY
noun
Any of various small insects of the family Aleyrodidae that have long wings, and a white body; often a garden pest
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Where it comes from
From white + fly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WHITEFLY · 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.
WHITEFLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHITEFLY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EFHILTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WHITEF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found WHITEFLY?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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