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GAIETY
Definition of GAIETY
noun
The state of being happy or merry.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French gaieté, from gai. By surface analysis, gay + -ety.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GAIETY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 113 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GAIETY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEGITY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found GAIETY?
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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