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GARISHING
Definition of GARISHING
Wiktionary has no entry for GARISHING itself. This is its base word, GARISH.
adjective
Overly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for GARISH.
Unknown, possibly from obsolete Middle English gawren (“to stare”) which is of uncertain origin, probably from Old Norse gá (“to watch, heed”) or gaurr (“rough fellow”) (Proto-Indo-European *gʰow-rós, from *gʰew- (“to be angry”)). Compare with English gaw.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.8%
of traced words share this origin (2,488)
How it is built
Same root, GARISH · 2 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GARISHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GARISHING starts with G and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGGHIINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G and I appear more than once.
Words that start GARISH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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