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PANFISH
Definition of PANFISH
noun
Any fish that is suitable for cooking in a frying pan by virtue of its size and taste.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pan + 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.
PANFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PANFISH starts with P and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AFHINPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PANFIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found PANFISH?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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