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GATHER
Definition of GATHER
verb
To collect normally separate things.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian (“to gather, assemble”), from Proto-West Germanic *gadurōn (“to bring together, unite, gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, assemble, keep”).
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.
GATHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GATHER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEGHRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GATHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found GATHER?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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