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HAWFINCH
Definition of HAWFINCH
noun
A large Eurasian finch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), with a thick bill.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
haw (“berry of the common hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna”) + finch. Named by English ornithologist Francis Willughby in 1676.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HAWFINCH · 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.
HAWFINCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAWFINCH starts with H and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACFHHINW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
Could you have found HAWFINCH?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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