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WRECKFISH
Definition of WRECKFISH
noun
Any of the perciform marine fish of the family Polyprionidae, often inhabiting caves and shipwrecks.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wreck + fish, since it often comes in with wreckage.
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.
WRECKFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WRECKFISH starts with W and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CEFHIKRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WRECKF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found WRECKFISH?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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