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NEEDLEFISH
Definition of NEEDLEFISH
noun
Any of certain species of slender fish, principally of the family Belonidae, many usually found in shallow marine habitats.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From needle + 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.
NEEDLEFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEEDLEFISH starts with N and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read DEEEFHILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start NEEDLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NEEDLEFISH?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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