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TOOTHFISH
Definition of TOOTHFISH
noun
Either of the two fish species of the genus Dissostichus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tooth + fish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
TOOTHFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOOTHFISH starts with T and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read FHHIOOSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, O and H appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TOOTHF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TOOTHFISH?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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