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GARE
Definition of GARE
noun
Coarse wool on the legs of sheep.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compare gear.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GARE 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 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GARE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GARE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found GARE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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