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GALYAK
Definition of GALYAK
noun
A flat, glossy kind of fur obtained from a newborn or stillborn lamb or kid (goat).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dialectal Russian голя́к (golják), from го́лый (gólyj, “naked”).
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.
GALYAK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GALYAK starts with G and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AAGKLY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found GALYAK?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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