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STIFFISH

/ˈstɪfɪʃ/8 letters

Definition of STIFFISH

adjective

Somewhat stiff (all senses).

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Where it comes from

From stiff + -ish.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

STIFFISH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its one board, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
118
First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

draedeus

on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

STIFFISH
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

STIFFISH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read FFHIISST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S, I and F appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start STIFFI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

STIFFIESTIFFIESSTIFFING

Could you have found STIFFISH?

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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.

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