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FINIS

/ˈfɪnɪs/5 letters

Definition of FINIS

noun

Of a book or other work: the end.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English finis, from Latin fīnis (“end; limit”). Doublet of fin, fine, and finish.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FINIS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 8 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
8
Boards found on
36
First board
101
Latest board
41
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

unseenlibrarian

on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

FINIS
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FINIS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FIINS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start FINIS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FINISHFINISESFINISHEDFINISHERFINISHESFINISHERSFINISHINGFINISHINGS

Could you have found FINIS?

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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.

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