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HADDOCK
Definition of HADDOCK
noun
A saltwater fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English haddok. Compare Anglo-Norman hadoc from Old French hadot, probably from an English source. Further origin uncertain, but hadot could have evolved from (h)adoux, (h)adoz, from adoub, from adouber, adober (“to prepare”), cognate with Italian addobbare (“to souse fish or meat”). The spelling is usually regarded as a diminutive in -ok (see -ock).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,164)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HADDOCK · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Anglo-Norman, Italian, Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HADDOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 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
HADDOCK starts with H and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACDDHKO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HADDOCK?
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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