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NUMBFISH
Definition of NUMBFISH
noun
An electric ray of the family Narcinidae, capable of delivering numbing shocks.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From numb + 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.
NUMBFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First found by a player on Day 71, 30 July 2026.
Built from these letters
NUMBFISH starts with N and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BFHIMNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start NUMBFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NUMBFISH?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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