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GARISHNESS
Definition of GARISHNESS
noun
The quality of being garish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From garish + -ness.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GARISH · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GARISHNESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GARISHNESS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGHINRSSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GARISH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GARISHNESS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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