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GARDYLOO

/ɡɑːdɪˈluː/8 letters

Definition of GARDYLOO

interjection

A cry used to warn passersby that a vessel of wastewater is about to be emptied into the street.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From French (prenez) garde à l'eau (“take heed of the water”). First attested in 1662, in the burgh records of Edinburgh.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GARDYLOO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its 15 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
27
First board
109
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

alisande

on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GARDYLOO
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

GARDYLOO starts with G and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ADGLOORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start GARDYL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GARDYLOO?

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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.

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