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REDFISH
Definition of REDFISH
noun
Any of several species fish with red skin or flesh: Any member of the genus Sebastes, or edible red rockfishs. especially Sebastes norvegicus, found in North American waters, also called rosefish or ocean perch. A large red edible fish, Sciaenops ocellatus, also called channel bass or red drum. Lutjanus spp., snappers. Centroberyx affinis, eastern nannygai. Etelis oculatus, queen snapper. Rhomboplites aurorubens, vermillion snapper. A slimehead, of family Trachichthyidae. Oncorhynchus nerka, sockeye salmon.
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Where it comes from
From red + fish.
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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.
REDFISH in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 90 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REDFISH starts with R and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read DEFHIRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start REDFIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found REDFISH?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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