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CANDLEFISH
Definition of CANDLEFISH
noun
An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.
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Where it comes from
From candle + fish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CANDLEFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CANDLEFISH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACDEFHILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CANDLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found CANDLEFISH?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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