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FILEFISH
Definition of FILEFISH
noun
Any fish of the family Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From file + fish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FILEFISH · 1 relative 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.
FILEFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FILEFISH starts with F and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read EFFHIILS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F and I appear more than once.
Could you have found FILEFISH?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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