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DOGFISH
Definition of DOGFISH
noun
Any of various small sharks Especially those from the family Squalidae A catshark, any shark from family Scyliorhinidae A kitefin shark, any shark from family Dalatiidae Scyliorhinus canicula or Scyliorhinus stellaris Scyliorhinus canicula Squalus suckleyi Mustelus canis Bodianus rufus Ginglymostoma cirratum or Mustelus canis Ginglymostoma cirratum Squalus acanthias, Squalus blainville, Squalus megalops, or Squalus mitsukurii
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Where it comes from
From dog + fish. Compare Greek σκυλόψαρο (skylópsaro, “dogfish”), Latin canicula (“dogfish”, literally “little dog”), Italian pescecane (“dogfish”), French chien de mer (literally “dog of the sea”), German Meerhund (literally “seadog”) and Hundfisch (“dogfish”), and English seadog. For non-Indo-European cognates, see Maltese kelb il-baħar (literally “dog of the sea”) and Turkish köpek balığı (“shark”), likely calques from Indo-European languages.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DOGFISH · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French, German, Italian, Latin, Turkish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOGFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 141 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DOGFISH starts with D and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read DFGHIOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DOGFIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found DOGFISH?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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