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MOONFISH
Definition of MOONFISH
noun
Any of various species of fish of a round appearance in several families: Any member of the species Mene maculata (razor moonfish), sole accepted, extant species of family Menidae, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific area; A platyfish, of either of Xiphophorus maculatus or X. variatus (family Poeciliidae).
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Where it comes from
From moon + fish, from the silvery color, parallel to the synonymous Dutch cognate maanvis.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (718)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MOONFISH · 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.
MOONFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOONFISH starts with M and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read FHIMNOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found MOONFISH?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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