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GALLOOTS

8 letters

Definition of GALLOOTS

noun

plural of galloot

GALOOT · via galloot

noun

A clumsy or uncouth person.

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Word DNA

GALLOOTS inherits its ancestry from its root, GALOOT.

Line of descent

  1. Arabic
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Arabic

Deepest traced root

11th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

1.3%

of traced words share this origin (1,142)

Semitic

branch · 2.1% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, GALOOT · 3 relatives in the game

Every Arabic word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GALLOOTS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 172
Its one board, across 172 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
145
First board
27
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.

First ever to find it

sner

on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GALLOOTS
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

GALLOOTS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGLLOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and O appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start GALLOO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

GALLOONGALLOOTGALLOONSGALLOONED

Could you have found GALLOOTS?

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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.

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