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GALLETA
Definition of GALLETA
noun
Any of various grasses of the genus Hilaria (curly mesquite), of the southwestern US and northern Mexico.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From United States Spanish galleta, guieta, of unknown origin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.5%
of traced words share this origin (431)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GALLETA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GALLETA starts with G and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAEGLLT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GALLET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GALLETA?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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