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FINAGLE
Definition of FINAGLE
verb
To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
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Where it comes from
Americanism from the 1920s, perhaps combining an alteration of fainaigue (“to renege”) with the suffix + -le (“frequentative”), possibly influenced by inveigle; compare haggle.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FINAGLE · 2 relatives 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.
FINAGLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 73 boards so far. 261 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FINAGLE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFGILN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FINAGL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found FINAGLE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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