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DUNNOCK
Definition of DUNNOCK
noun
A small European and Asian passerine bird, Prunella modularis; the hedge sparrow or hedge warbler.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English donek, dunok, from Old English *dunnuc, equivalent to dun (“brownish grey”) + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare Old High German doniklīn (“hedge-sparrow; dunnock”). Compare ruddock.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,066)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DUNNOCK · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DUNNOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUNNOCK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CDKNNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found DUNNOCK?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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