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GARNET
Definition of GARNET
noun
A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English gernet, granate, from Old French grenate, from grenat (“pomegranate red”). Doublet of grenade.
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.
GARNET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GARNET starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEGNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GARNET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GARNET?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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