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GARUM

/ˈɡæ.ɹəm/5 letters

Definition of GARUM

noun

A fermented fish sauce popular as a condiment in Ancient Rome.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin garum, from Ancient Greek γάρον (gáron, “the fish whose intestines were originally used in the condiment's production”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GARUM in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 90 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 96
Its 23 boards, across 96 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
23
Boards found on
30
First board
96
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

hildegard

on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GARUM
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GARUM starts with G and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AGMRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start GARUM

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GARUM?

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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.

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