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FIRESHIP
Definition of FIRESHIP
noun
A wooden ship set alight and then sent floating into an enemy flotilla, with the aim of spreading the fire among them.
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Where it comes from
From fire + ship.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FIRESHIP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FIRESHIP starts with F and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read EFHIIPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FIRESH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found FIRESHIP?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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