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BAITFISHES

10 letters

Definition of BAITFISHES

noun

plural of baitfish

BAITFISH

noun

Small fish such as minnows that are used as bait to catch larger predatory fish.

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Word DNA

BAITFISHES inherits its ancestry from its root, BAITFISH.

How it is built

nouncompound

Same root, BAITFISH · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BAITFISHES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 158
Its one board, across 158 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
140
First board
18
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.

First ever to find it

suzanna9452000

on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BAITFISHES
10
Letters
4
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BAITFISHES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEFHIISST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and S appear more than once.

Words that start BAITFI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BAITFISHES?

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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.

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