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GAFFERS

7 letters

Definition of GAFFERS

noun

plural of gaffer

GAFFER

noun

A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.

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Another sense

GAFFERS carries a second meaning.

  1. noun

    Plural form of gaffer.

Word DNA

GAFFERS inherits its ancestry from its root, GAFFER.

How it is built

nouncompound-er

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GAFFERS in a sentence

“I spent many happy hours!! dealing with management issues that certain gaffers could not or would not deal with.”

OK Computer « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG, 2006

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GAFFERS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 105 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 134
Its 2 boards, across 134 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
132
First board
134
Latest board
2
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

maud_punk

on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GAFFERS
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GAFFERS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEFFGRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start GAFFER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.

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