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BUFFISH

7 letters

Definition of BUFFISH

adjective

Of a colour somewhat resembling buff.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From buff + -ish.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjectivecompound-ish

Same root, BUFF · 11 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BUFFISH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 163
Its one board, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
153
First board
10
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First ever to find it

z_colo

on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BUFFISH
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BUFFISH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BFFHISU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.

Could you have found BUFFISH?

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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.

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