Oarfishes is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 424 anagrams from letters in oarfishes (aefhiorss).
First recorded in 1855-60; oar + fish
The oarfish is the largest living bony fish, reaching up to 35 feet in length.
Beaching of the oarfish is a very rare occurrence—the last time it happened was 2010—so two in one week is certainly an oddity.
According to Japanese mythology, the oarfish is a messenger from the dragon god of the sea.
In reality, since strandings of oarfish are rare, it will be difficult—or impossible—to determine the cause.
The first sighting of the oarfish was an 18-footer that surprised a diver off Catalina Island.