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FIDDLINGS
Definition of FIDDLINGS
noun
plural of fiddling
FIDDLE · via fiddling
noun
A violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder, chest or on the upper thigh and played with a bow (see also usage notes below).
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Word DNA
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.
FIDDLINGS 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 13 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
FIDDLINGS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DDFGIILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and D appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FIDDLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FIDDLINGS?
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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