The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FINOCHIOS
Definition of FINOCHIOS
Wiktionary has no entry for FINOCHIOS itself. This is its base word, FINOCHIO.
noun
Alternative spelling of finocchio.
FINOCCHIO
noun
A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum).
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FINOCHIOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
FINOCHIOS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CFHIINOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear more than once.
Could you have found FINOCHIOS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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