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DISTELFINK
Definition of DISTELFINK
noun
A stylized goldfinch in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, representing happiness and good fortune.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Pennsylvania German distelfink, homologous to High German Distelfink (“thistle finch”), the European goldfinch.
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.
DISTELFINK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DISTELFINK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read DEFIIKLNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DISTEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found DISTELFINK?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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