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GATEAU
Definition of GATEAU
noun
A rich, usually iced, cake.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French gâteau. Doublet of wastel.
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
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,160)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GATEAU · 2 relatives 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.
GATEAU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 65 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GATEAU starts with G and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read AAEGTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found GATEAU?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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