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GAOLED
Definition of GAOLED
verb
simple past and past participle of gaol
JAIL · via gaol
noun
A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
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Word DNA
GAOLED inherits its ancestry from its root, GAOL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GAOL · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GAOLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GAOLED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEGLO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found GAOLED?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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