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ANGELFISH
Definition of ANGELFISH
noun
Any member of the genus Pterophyllum of freshwater, tropical cichlids.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From angel + fish; so called for its wing-like pectoral fins.
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.
ANGELFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ANGELFISH starts with A and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AEFGHILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ANGELF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found ANGELFISH?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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