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PHISH
Definition of PHISH
verb
To engage in phishing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from phishing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PHISH · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHISH starts with P and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read HHIPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
Words that start PHISH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHISH?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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