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PHISHING
Definition of PHISHING
noun
The malicious act of keeping a false website or sending a false e-mail with the intent of masquerading as a trustworthy entity in order to acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Respelling of fishing (“trying to find”). In Usenet newsgroups, cracker and pirate groups used variant spellings of phish and warez (i.e. wares) to evade scans and filters by mainstream servers policing the ARPAnet/Internet. Compare other respelling slang like phat and phreak.
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.
PHISHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 64 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHISHING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHHIINPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H and I appear more than once.
Words that start PHISHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHISHING?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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