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GAOLER
Definition of GAOLER
noun
Dated spelling of jailer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, gaol + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
GAOLER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 122 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 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
GAOLER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEGLOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GAOLER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found GAOLER?
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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