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CRAWFISHING
Definition of CRAWFISHING
verb
present participle and gerund of crawfish
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Word DNA
CRAWFISHING inherits its ancestry from its root, CRAWFISH.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (842)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRAWFISH · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRAWFISHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 62 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRAWFISHING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACFGHIINRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start CRAWFIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found CRAWFISHING?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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