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GAUNT
Definition of GAUNT
adjective
Angular, bony, and lean.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English gaunt, gawnt, gawnte, gant (“lean, slender, thin, gaunt”); further etymology uncertain. Speculated origins include:
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,217)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GAUNT · 4 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.
GAUNT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 88 boards so far. 250 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GAUNT starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AGNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GAUNT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GAUNT?
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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