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TOADFISH
Definition of TOADFISH
noun
Any fish thought to resemble a toad. Any fish of the genus Lophius. Any of the ray-finned fishes of family Batrachoididae of benthic ambush predators. Certain species in family Tetraodontidae. Banded toadfish, of Australia (Torquigener pleurogramma). Blackspotted toadfish, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans (Arothron nigropunctatus). Common toadfish (or toadfish), of Australia and New Zealand (Tetractenos hamiltoni). Prickly toadfish, of Australia and New Zealand (Contusus richei). Red striped toadfish, of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia, syn. Tetraodon erythrotaenia). Smooth toadfish, of Australia (Tetractenos glaber). Certain species in family Psychrolutidae. Dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus). Frilled toadfish, of Macquarie Island (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus). Pale toadfish of New Zealand (Ambophthalmos angustus).
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Where it comes from
From toad + fish, in reference to their toadlike appearance.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TOADFISH · 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.
TOADFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TOADFISH starts with T and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ADFHIOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found TOADFISH?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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