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FENNISH
Definition of FENNISH
adjective
Abounding in fens; fenny.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English fennisch; by surface analysis, fen + -ish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,109)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FENNISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 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
FENNISH starts with F and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read EFHINNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found FENNISH?
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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