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DEVILFISH
Definition of DEVILFISH
noun
Any of several not closely related marine animals: The octopus. The giant squid or kraken. The gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus. The piranha. The anglerfish, Lophius piscatorius. The suckermouth catfish, Hypostomus plecostomus (translating Spanish pez diablo). The manta ray; any ray in the genus Mobula. The devil ray, Mobula mobular. Certain fish in the genus Paraplesiops; see blue devilfish, Bleeker's devilfish.
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Where it comes from
Compound of devil + 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.
DEVILFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEVILFISH starts with D and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read DEFHIILSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DEVILF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found DEVILFISH?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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