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ROSEFINCH
Definition of ROSEFINCH
noun
Any of the birds in the genus Carpodacus of the finch family.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From rose + finch.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ROSEFINCH · 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.
ROSEFINCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROSEFINCH starts with R and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CEFHINORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ROSEFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found ROSEFINCH?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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