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FINGERPICKED
Definition of FINGERPICKED
verb
simple past and past participle of fingerpick
noun
A type of plectrum that clips on to, or wraps around the end of the fingers and thumb.
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Word DNA
FINGERPICKED inherits its ancestry from its root, FINGERPICK.
How it is built
Same root, FINGERPICK · 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.
FINGERPICKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FINGERPICKED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEEFGIIKNPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
Words that start FINGERPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FINGERPICKED?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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