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GAREFOWL
Definition of GAREFOWL
noun
The great auk.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Icelandic geirfugl, from Old Norse geirfugl (“great auk”), related to Swedish garfågel, Danish geirfugl, Faroese geirfuglur, gorfuglur, French gorfou.
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.
GAREFOWL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GAREFOWL starts with G and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEFGLORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found GAREFOWL?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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