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CLOWNFISH
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.
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.
CLOWNFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
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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