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BLOODFIN
Definition of BLOODFIN
noun
Aphyocharax anisitsi, a South American characin with blood-red tail and fins.
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Where it comes from
From blood + fin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BLOODFIN · 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.
BLOODFIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLOODFIN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BDFILNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found BLOODFIN?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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