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DOGFISHING
Definition of DOGFISHING
noun
A dating trend where people, often to get more matches on dating apps, use photos with cute dogs, even though the pet isn't theirs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Fashioned after catfishing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DOGFISH · 2 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.
DOGFISHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOGFISHING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DFGGHIINOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G and I appear more than once.
Words that start DOGFIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DOGFISHING?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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