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FISHERMAN
Definition of FISHERMAN
noun
A fisher, a person engaged in fishing: Any person who attempts to catch fish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fisher + -man.
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.
FISHERMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 89 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FISHERMAN starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEFHIMNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FISHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found FISHERMAN?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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