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LUNGFISH
Definition of LUNGFISH
noun
An air-breathing fish, of the class Dipnoi, that have four limblike appendages instead of fins
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Other senses
LUNGFISH carries 4 further meanings.
noun
Any of several freshwater lobe-finned fishes of the group Dipnoi of Africa, South America, and Australia, having a lunglike organ that enables them to breathe air, especially during drought conditions.
noun
A dipnoan; any fish of the order Dipnoi.
noun
Any fish belonging to the Dipnoi; -- so called because they have both lungs and gills.
noun
air-breathing fish, of the class Dipnoi, that have four limblike appendages instead of fins
Where it comes from
From lung + fish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LUNGFISH · 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.
LUNGFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 144 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LUNGFISH starts with L and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read FGHILNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found LUNGFISH?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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