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GAINSTROVE
Definition of GAINSTROVE
verb
simple past of gainstrive
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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.
GAINSTROVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
Built from these letters
GAINSTROVE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGINORSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GAINST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GAINSTROVE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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