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FIDDLEHEAD
Definition of FIDDLEHEAD
noun
The scroll-shaped decoration at the tip of a fiddle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fiddle + head.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FIDDLEHEAD · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FIDDLEHEAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FIDDLEHEAD starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDDEEFHIL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FIDDLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FIDDLEHEAD?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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