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BOXFISH
Definition of BOXFISH
noun
Any member of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From box + 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.
BOXFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
BOXFISH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BFHIOSX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start BOXFIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOXFISH?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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