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CATFISHER
Definition of CATFISHER
noun
Someone who fishes for catfish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From catfish + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CATFISH · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CATFISHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 84 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 171, 7 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CATFISHER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEFHIRST - 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.
Could you have found CATFISHER?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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