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FINCH
Definition of FINCH
noun
Any Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English fynch, from Old English finċ, from Proto-West Germanic *finki, from Proto-Germanic *finkiz (compare Dutch vink, German Fink), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (“chaffinch”). Compare Welsh pinc (“finch”), Ancient Greek σπίγγος (spíngos, “chaffinch”), Russian пе́нка (pénka, “wren”), Sanskrit फिङ्गक (phiṅgaka, “drongo, shrike”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FINCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FINCH starts with F and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CFHIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FINCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found FINCH?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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