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DUNNOCKS
Definition of DUNNOCKS
noun
plural of dunnock
noun
A small European and Asian passerine bird, Prunella modularis; the hedge sparrow or hedge warbler.
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Word DNA
DUNNOCKS inherits its ancestry from its root, DUNNOCK.
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.
DUNNOCKS 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 31 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
DUNNOCKS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDKNNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found DUNNOCKS?
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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