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FISHLIKE
Definition of FISHLIKE
adjective
Having some characteristics of a fish.
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Other senses
FISHLIKE carries 2 further meanings.
adjective
Like fish; suggestive of fish; having some of the qualities of fish.
adjective
Similar to that of a fish; as, fishlike scales, fishlike eyes
Where it comes from
From fish + -like.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FISH · 24 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.
FISHLIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 106 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FISHLIKE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFHIIKLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of FISHLIKE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FISHLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found FISHLIKE?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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