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CAVEFISH
Definition of CAVEFISH
noun
Any of various fish, typically blind and lacking pigment, that inhabit subterranean waters. Any fish in the family Amblyopsidae.
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Where it comes from
From cave + 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.
CAVEFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAVEFISH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACEFHISV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CAVEFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CAVEFISH?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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