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CRAIGFLUKE
Definition of CRAIGFLUKE
noun
witch flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), found in the North Atlantic.
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Where it comes from
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRAIGFLUKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 90 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRAIGFLUKE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEFGIKLRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CRAIGF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found CRAIGFLUKE?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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