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DWARFISH
Definition of DWARFISH
adjective
Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
DWARFISH carries 4 further meanings.
Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; diminutive: as, a dwarfish animal; a dwarfish shrub.
Slight; petty; despicable.
adjective
Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty.
“a dwarfish animal, shrub”
adjective
Like a dwarf; being especially small.
Where it comes from
From dwarf + -ish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DWARF · 16 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.
DWARFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 150 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DWARFISH starts with D and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ADFHIRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of DWARFISH. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start DWARFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found DWARFISH?
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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