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GARRULOUS
Definition of GARRULOUS
adjective
Excessively or tiresomely talkative.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Adapted borrowing of Latin garrulus (“talkative”) + -ous, from the verb garriō (“to chatter”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
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.
GARRULOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GARRULOUS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGLORRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and U appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GARRUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GARRULOUS?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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