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BLACKFISH
Definition of BLACKFISH
noun
An Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From black + 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.
BLACKFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLACKFISH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ABCFHIKLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BLACKF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found BLACKFISH?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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