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LUMPFISH
Definition of LUMPFISH
noun
A lumpsucker.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lump + fish.
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.
LUMPFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
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
LUMPFISH starts with L and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read FHILMPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LUMPFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LUMPFISH?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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