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GALLEYS
Definition of GALLEYS
noun
plural of galley
noun
A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.
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Word DNA
GALLEYS inherits its ancestry from its root, GALLEY.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,354)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GALLEY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GALLEYS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GALLEYS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGLLSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found GALLEYS?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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