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HAGFISH
Definition of HAGFISH
noun
Any of the primitive eellike fish, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hag + fish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
HAGFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAGFISH starts with H and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AFGHHIS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
Words that start HAGFIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HAGFISH?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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