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SHELLFISH
Definition of SHELLFISH
noun
A fisheries and colloquial term for an aquatic invertebrate having an inner or outer shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English schellefyssch, from Old English sċielfisċ. Equivalent to shell + fish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,054)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
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.
SHELLFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 144 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
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
SHELLFISH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read EFHHILLSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S, H and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SHELLF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHELLFISH?
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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