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FINGERBOARD
Definition of FINGERBOARD
noun
A flat or roughly flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument, against which the strings are pressed to shorten the vibrating length and produce notes of higher pitches.
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Where it comes from
From finger + board.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FINGERBOARD · 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.
FINGERBOARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FINGERBOARD starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDEFGINORR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start FINGERB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FINGERBOARD?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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