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LINNET
Definition of LINNET
noun
A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French linette, from lin (“flax”), from the bird's fondness for the seeds of flax, the source of linen and Old English līnete, līnetwige (“linnet”) (> dialectal English lintwhite).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,204)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LINNET · 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.
LINNET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LINNET starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EILNNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found LINNET?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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