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GASKET
Definition of GASKET
noun
A length of rope or canvas band used for reefing a sail, or holding a stowed sail in place.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps from Middle French garcette (“gasket”), from Old French garce (“young woman”), feminization of garçon.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,358)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GASKET · 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.
GASKET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 138 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GASKET starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEGKST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found GASKET?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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