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CRAWFISH
Definition of CRAWFISH
noun
Any of various freshwater crustaceans: crayfish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
1620s, folk etymology (compare crawl) from Middle English crevis, from Old French crevice (“crab”) (French écrevisse), influenced by fish. Compare crayfish.
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.
CRAWFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 60 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CRAWFISH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACFHIRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CRAWFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found CRAWFISH?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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