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CRAYFISH
Definition of CRAYFISH
noun
Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller. A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
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Where it comes from
Alteration (by folk etymological influence of fish) of Middle English crevis (whence modern dialectal crevis), from Old French crevice ("crayfish"; > Modern French: écrevisse), from Frankish *krebitja (“crayfish”), diminutive of Frankish *krebit (“crab”), from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz (“crab, cancer”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-, *grebʰ- (“to scratch, crawl”), or from a substrate word folk-etymologically influenced by this root. Akin to Old High German krebiz (Modern German Krebs (“crustacean, crab, crayfish”)), Middle Low German krēvet (“crab, crayfish”), Dutch kreeft (“crayfish, lobster”), Old English crabba (“crab”). More at crab. Doublet of crevette, crevis, and Krebs.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,293)
How it is built
Same root, CRAYFISH · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Middle Low German, Old English.
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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.
CRAYFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 171 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CRAYFISH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACFHIRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CRAYFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
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