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GAMMIEST

8 letters

Definition of GAMMIEST

adjective

superlative form of gammy: most gammy

GAMMY

adjective

Injured, or not functioning properly (with respect to legs).

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Word DNA

GAMMIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, GAMMY.

Line of descent

  1. Irish
  2. Welsh
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Irish

Deepest traced root

21st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

0.4%

of traced words share this origin (367)

Celtic

branch · 0.8% of traced words

How it is built

adjective

Same root, GAMMY · 3 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names French, Old Occitan.

Every Irish word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

GAMMIEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 176
Its one board, across 176 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
166
First board
10
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First ever to find it

spoonbillPATRONContributor

on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GAMMIEST
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

GAMMIEST starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEGIMMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start GAMMIE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GAMMIEST?

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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.

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