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FISHWAY
Definition of FISHWAY
noun
A structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fish + way.
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.
FISHWAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 89, 17 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FISHWAY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AFHISWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FISHWA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FISHWAY?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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