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GARDENS
Definition of GARDENS
noun
plural of garden
noun
An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
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Word DNA
GARDENS inherits its ancestry from its root, GARDEN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (980)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GARDEN · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Czech, Dutch, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, Old English, Old French and 3 more.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GARDENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GARDENS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEGNRS - 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.
Words that start GARDEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found GARDENS?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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