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OILFISH
Definition of OILFISH
noun
A snake mackerel (Ruvettus pretiosus), having a high content of wax esters instead of glyceride oils.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From oil + fish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OILFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 170, 6 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OILFISH starts with O and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read FHIILOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found OILFISH?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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