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BOWFIN
Definition of BOWFIN
noun
Any of the two extant elongated fish of the genus Amia, native to North America, previously thought to be the same species. especially, a ruddy bowfin (Amia calva). an eyespot bowfin (Amia ocellicauda).
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Where it comes from
From bow + fin.
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.
BOWFIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOWFIN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BFINOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BOWFIN?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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