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CLOWNFISH

/ˈklaʊnˌfɪʃ/9 letters

Definition of CLOWNFISH

noun

Any of the colorful fish of genera Amphiprion and Premnas in subfamily Amphiprioninae of family Pomacentridae, native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, notable for their mutual relationship with sea anemones.

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Where it comes from

From clown + fish.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound

Same root, CLOWNFISH · 1 relative 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.

CLOWNFISH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 130 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 163
Its 53 boards, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
53
Boards found on
15
First board
163
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.

Built from these letters

CLOWNFISH
9
Letters
2
Vowels
7
Consonants
9
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CLOWNFISH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CFHILNOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start CLOWNF

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CLOWNFISH?

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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.

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