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FINNOCK
Definition of FINNOCK
noun
A young sea trout, in the year after they return to fresh water after their smolt migration stage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A possible anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic fionnag (“young salmon”). Compare fionnag (“whiting”), a calque of English whiting, from fionn (“white”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Scottish Gaelic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
38th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (48)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FINNOCK · 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.
FINNOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FINNOCK starts with F and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CFIKNNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FINNOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FINNOCK?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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