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DOLPHINFISH
Definition of DOLPHINFISH
noun
A large food and game fish of the Coryphaenidae family which is commonly found in tropical and subtropical waters.
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Where it comes from
From dolphin + fish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOLPHINFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOLPHINFISH starts with D and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read DFHHIILNOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H and I appear more than once.
Words that start DOLPHIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DOLPHINFISH?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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