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FINICKY
Definition of FINICKY
adjective
Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.
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Where it comes from
From finick (“to work in a fastidious manner, wasting time over unnecessary details”) + -y. Compare finicking, finical, and dated finikin. Perhaps suggested by obsolete Dutch fijnkens (“accurately, neatly, prettily”) (modern Dutch fijntjes). Compare also Sicilian finicchiu.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FINICKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 174 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 176, 12 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 4, 25 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FINICKY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CFIIKNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FINICK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found FINICKY?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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