The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LUTEFISH
Definition of LUTEFISH
noun
Any of a family of characiform fish (Citharinidae), including the genera Citharidium (one species), Citharinops (one species), and Citharinus (6 species).
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Where it comes from
From lute + fish.
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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.
LUTEFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUTEFISH starts with L and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read EFHILSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found LUTEFISH?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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