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ROCKFISHES
Definition of ROCKFISHES
noun
plural of rockfish
noun
Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically: A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray) A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
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Word DNA
ROCKFISHES inherits its ancestry from its root, ROCKFISH.
How it is built
Same root, ROCKFISH · 1 relative 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.
ROCKFISHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 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
ROCKFISHES starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEFHIKORSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found ROCKFISHES?
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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