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GASH
Definition of GASH
noun
A deep cut.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Alteration of older garsh, from Middle English garsen, from Old French garser, jarsier (Modern French gercer), from Vulgar Latin *charaxāre, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “engraver”).
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.
GASH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GASH starts with G and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AGHS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GASH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found GASH?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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