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WEAKFISH
Definition of WEAKFISH
noun
Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Calque from Dutch weekvis, weekvisch (“weakfish”), equivalent to weak + fish, because of its tender mouth.
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.
WEAKFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 101, 29 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WEAKFISH starts with W and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AEFHIKSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WEAKFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WEAKFISH?
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 101 - and most players walked straight past it.
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