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BLOWFISH
Definition of BLOWFISH
noun
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From blow + 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.
BLOWFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 69 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLOWFISH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BFHILOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BLOWFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found BLOWFISH?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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