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SWORDFISH
Definition of SWORDFISH
noun
A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English swerdfysche, from Old English *sweordfisċ. Equivalent to sword + fish.
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.
SWORDFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SWORDFISH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read DFHIORSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SWORDF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SWORDFISH?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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