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GARFISH
Definition of GARFISH
noun
Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English garfysche (“garfish”, literally “spear-fish”), from gor (“spear”) + fisch (“fish”). Cognate with Scots gairfish (“garfish”).
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.
GARFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GARFISH starts with G and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AFGHIRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GARFIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found GARFISH?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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