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FISHPOND
Definition of FISHPOND
noun
A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English fishpond; equivalent to fish + pond.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,790)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
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.
FISHPOND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
FISHPOND starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DFHINOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 FISHPO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FISHPOND?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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