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WRASSE

/ɹæs/6 letters

Definition of WRASSE

noun

Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the family Labridae, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are brightly colored.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Plural of dialectal (Cornwall) wrah, wraugh, wrath, from Cornish wragh (“old woman, hag; wrasse”), lenited form of gwragh.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

WRASSE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 112
Its one board, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
22
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.

First ever to find it

hms

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

WRASSE
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WRASSE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AERSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

RESAWSSAWERSSEWARSSWEARS

Words that start WRASSE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

WRASSES

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