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GARDENIA
Definition of GARDENIA
noun
Any of various tropical evergreen small trees or shrubs, of the genus Gardenia, having glossy leaves and white flowers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from translingual Gardenia, named after Scottish naturalist Dr. Alexander Garden.
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.
GARDENIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GARDENIA starts with G and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AADEGINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GARDEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GARDENIA?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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