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GANNETS
Definition of GANNETS
noun
plural of gannet
noun
Any of three species of large seabird in the genus Morus, of the family Sulidae. They have black and white bodies and long pointed wings, and hunt for fish by plunge diving and pursuing their prey underwater.
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Word DNA
GANNETS inherits its ancestry from its root, GANNET.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,718)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GANNET · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Middle Low German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GANNETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GANNETS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGNNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GANNET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GANNETS?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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