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PLATYFISH
Definition of PLATYFISH
noun
Certain fish of the genus Xiphophorus lacking a sword-like extension of the lower tailfin.
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Where it comes from
From platy + 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.
PLATYFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLATYFISH starts with P and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AFHILPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PLATYF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found PLATYFISH?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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