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MUDFISH
Definition of MUDFISH
noun
Any of many fish that frequent muddy water or burrow in mud, of numerous species, including: All species of Neochanna Clarias spp., including Clarias anguillaris, Clarias gariepinus, Clarias agboyiensis, Clarias leviceps Channa striata (striped snakehead) Heterobranchus didorsalis (African catfish) Clarotes laticeps (widehead catfish) Protopterus annectens (West African lungfish) Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (bagrid catfish)
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Where it comes from
From mud + 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.
MUDFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUDFISH starts with M and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read DFHIMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MUDFIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found MUDFISH?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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