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SELFISH
Definition of SELFISH
adjective
(clarification of this definition is needed)(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making.
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Where it comes from
From self + -ish. Compare Danish selvisk (“selfish”), Swedish självisk (“selfish”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Danish, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SELFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SELFISH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read EFHILSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SELFIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SELFISH?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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