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PADDLEFISH
Definition of PADDLEFISH
noun
Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle.
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Where it comes from
From paddle + fish.
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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.
PADDLEFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
Built from these letters
PADDLEFISH starts with P and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ADDEFHILPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PADDLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PADDLEFISH?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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