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CATFISH
Definition of CATFISH
noun
Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cat + fish. Likely so named for its prominent barbels like a cat's whiskers. Compare West Frisian katfisk (“catfish”), Dutch katvis (“catfish”). Compare also German Seekatze (“catfish”, literally “sea-cat”).
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.
CATFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CATFISH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACFHIST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CATFIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found CATFISH?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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