Dunnock

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Updated June 2026

Definition

A small, unassuming brownish European songbird of hedgerows and gardens, also known as the hedge sparrow.

“A dunnock sang quietly from the bramble hedge each morning before the rest of the garden woke.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

dun·nock

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Synonyms

sparrow

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Wordle

Double N near the start followed by OCK, a compact pattern with no repeated vowels

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Scrabble

Worth 14 points, the K scores 5 and the double N uses both N tiles efficiently

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Shorter words formed from the letters in “dunnock”.

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