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YELLOWFIN
Definition of YELLOWFIN
noun
Any of various fish with yellow fins. especially, yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares, in family Scombridae) yellowfin bream, any of several species in family Sparidae yellowfin croaker (Umbrina roncador, in family Sciaenidae) yellowfin cutthroat trout (†Oncorhynchus clarkii macdonaldi, in the family Salmonidae) yellowfin fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis, in family Labridae) yellowfin grouper (Mycteroperca venenosa, in family Serranidae) yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis, in family Ictaluridae) yellow-fin perchlet (Ambassis elongatus, in family Ambassidae) yellowfin pike (Dinolestes lewini, in family Dinolestidae) yellowfin sea bream, any of several species in family Sparidae yellowfin sole (Limanda aspera) yellowfin surgeon (Acanthurus xanthopterus, in family Acanthuridae) yellowfin whiting (Sillago schomburgkii, in family Sillaginidae)
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Where it comes from
From yellow + fin.
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.
YELLOWFIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
YELLOWFIN starts with Y and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EFILLNOWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start YELLOW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found YELLOWFIN?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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