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KINGFISHER
Definition of KINGFISHER
noun
Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish. common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Originally king's fisher, from Middle English kyngys fyschare; equivalent to king + fisher. So named for obscure reasons.
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.
KINGFISHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
KINGFISHER starts with K and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFGHIIKNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start KINGFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found KINGFISHER?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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