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COWFISH
Definition of COWFISH
noun
Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cow + 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.
COWFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COWFISH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CFHIOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COWFIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found COWFISH?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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