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GABLE
Definition of GABLE
noun
The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The southern English term gable probably came from Old French gable (compare modern French gâble), from Old Norse gafl. The northern form gavel is perhaps also akin to Old Norse gafl, masculine, of the same meaning (compare Swedish gavel, Danish gavl). See gafl for more etymology information.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (828)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GABLE · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GABLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GABLE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEGL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GABLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found GABLE?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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