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WOLFISH

/ˈwʊlfiʃ/7 letters

Definition of WOLFISH

adjective

Of, like, or pertaining to a wolf.

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Other senses

WOLFISH carries 4 further meanings.

  1. adjective

    Of or relating to wolves.

  2. adjective

    Suggestive of or resembling a wolf.

  3. adjective

    Fierce or rapacious.

  4. noun

    Like a wolf; having the qualities or traits of a wolf; savage; ravening: as, a wolfish visage; wolfish designs.

Where it comes from

From wolf + -ish.

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WOLFISH in a sentence

They walked down the block-long sidewalk, past the warehouse doors and the long teams of waiting huskies curled up in wolfish comfort in the snow.

CHAPTER 6, 2010

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WOLFISH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 138 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 38 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
38
Boards found on
9
First board
102
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

WOLFISH
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WOLFISH starts with W and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read FHILOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that mean much the same

Near-synonyms of WOLFISH. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.

ALL-DEVOURINGALL-ENGULFINGANIMALANTHROPOPHAGOUSATROCIOUSBARBARICDRACONIANTARTAREAN

Words that start WOLFIS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

WOLFISHLYWOLFISHNESSWOLFISHNESSES

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

from The Century Dictionary.

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