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TIGERFISH
Definition of TIGERFISH
noun
Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: Any fish in the percoid genus Datnioides. Any barracuda. Any of the species Hoplias malabaricus and related characins in the family Erythrinidae. Any of the genus Pterois of east Asian lionfishes. Any of the family Pimelodidae of catfishes. Any fish in the genus Hydrocynus of characins. A cichlid of species Rhamphochromis longiceps, native to the Lake Malawi basin. jarbua terapon and related species in the family Terapontidae.
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Where it comes from
From tiger + fish.
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Word DNA
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.
TIGERFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 150, 17 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TIGERFISH starts with T and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read EFGHIIRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found TIGERFISH?
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 150 - and most players walked straight past it.
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