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RATFISH
Definition of RATFISH
noun
A fish of any of the species in family Chimaeridae. A Pacific fish, Hydrolagus colliei, that has a long rat-like tail
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From rat + 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.
RATFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RATFISH starts with R and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AFHIRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RATFIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found RATFISH?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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