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THREADFIN
Definition of THREADFIN
noun
Any of many fish of the family Polynemidae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From thread + fin. Named so because of the thread-like free sensory filaments at the base of each of their pectoral fins.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, THREADFIN · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THREADFIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THREADFIN starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEFHINRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start THREAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THREADFIN?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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