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BAITFISH
Definition of BAITFISH
noun
Small fish such as minnows that are used as bait to catch larger predatory fish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bait + fish.
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.
BAITFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BAITFISH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ABFHIIST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start BAITFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found BAITFISH?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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