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GASCONADE
Definition of GASCONADE
noun
Boastful talk.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French gasconnade, from Gascon (“native of Gascony”) + -ade, equivalent to Gascon (“native of Gascony”) + -ade, literally "to talk like a Gascon". See French gasconnade.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,111)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GASCONADE · 1 relative 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.
GASCONADE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GASCONADE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACDEGNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start GASCON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found GASCONADE?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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