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FISHILY

7 letters

Definition of FISHILY

adverb

In a fishy manner

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From fishy + -ly.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adverbcompound-ly

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FISHILY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 147
Its 19 boards, across 147 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
44
First board
146
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

phobrek

on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FISHILY
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FISHILY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FHIILSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Could you have found FISHILY?

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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.

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