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FISHYBACK
Definition of FISHYBACK
noun
A system of transportation in which containers are moved from truck to ship.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of fish + piggyback.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FISHYBACK · 1 relative 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.
FISHYBACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FISHYBACK starts with F and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABCFHIKSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found FISHYBACK?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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