In contract bridge and similar games, a finesse is a card play technique which will enable a player to win an additional trick or tricks should there be a favorable position of one or more cards in the hands of the opponents.

Fast Infrared Exoplanet Spectroscopy Survey Explorer (FINESSE) is a proposed NASA mission and space observatory in the explorer program consisting of a space telescope focused on studying the atmospheres of over 200 planets outside the Solar System  with the goal of gaining understanding of the processes responsible for their composition, and how the Solar System fits into the larger family of planets.