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FINITE
Definition of FINITE
adjective
Having an end or limit; constrained by bounds; whose number of elements is a natural number.
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Where it comes from
The adjective is derived from Middle English fynyte, finit, from Latin fīnītus, perfect passive participle of fīniō (“to finish; to terminate”), from fīnis (“boundary”). The word displaced Old English ġeendodlīċ. The noun is derived from the adjective.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,238)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FINITE · 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.
FINITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 134 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 4, 25 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FINITE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFIINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FINITE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found FINITE?
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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