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FENNEL
Definition of FENNEL
noun
A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
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Where it comes from
From the Middle English fenel, from the late Old English finuðl, finule (weak feminine forms); fenol, finul (masculine forms), from Proto-West Germanic *fenukl, from the Vulgar Latin *fēnuclum, fēnoclum, from Late Latin fēnuculum, from the Classical Latin faeniculum, a diminutive form of faenum (“hay”); compare the Italian finocchio, the Occitan fenolh, the French fenouil, and the Spanish hinojo. Doublet of finocchio and finook.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,419)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FENNEL · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names French, Italian, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FENNEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 132, 29 September 2026.
Built from these letters
FENNEL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EEFLNN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found FENNEL?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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