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GALOP
Definition of GALOP
noun
A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a chassé on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French galop; named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see gallop), a shortened version of the original term galoppade.
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.
GALOP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
GALOP starts with G and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read AGLOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GALOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found GALOP?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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