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GABLES
Definition of GABLES
noun
plural of gable
noun
The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).
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Word DNA
GABLES inherits its ancestry from its root, GABLE.
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.
GABLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GABLES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEGLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found GABLES?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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