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SPOFFISH
Definition of SPOFFISH
adjective
earnest and active in matters of no importance; bustling
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably from British English dialect spoffle (“to be spoffish”).
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.
SPOFFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 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
SPOFFISH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read FFHIOPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and F appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found SPOFFISH?
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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