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MONKFISHES
Definition of MONKFISHES
noun
plural of monkfish
noun
Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth.
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Word DNA
MONKFISHES inherits its ancestry from its root, MONKFISH.
How it is built
Same root, MONKFISH · 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.
MONKFISHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MONKFISHES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFHIKMNOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found MONKFISHES?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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