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MINNOCKED
Definition of MINNOCKED
verb
simple past and past participle of minnock
MINNOCK
noun
The minnow (genus Leuciscus or Phoxinus)
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Word DNA
MINNOCKED inherits its ancestry from its root, MINNOCK.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,167)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MINNOCK · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MINNOCKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 172, 8 November 2026.
Built from these letters
MINNOCKED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEIKMNNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MINNOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MINNOCKED?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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