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GAUSS
Definition of GAUSS
noun
The unit of magnetic field strength in CGS systems of units, equal to 0.0001 tesla.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named for Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and physicist.
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.
GAUSS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GAUSS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GAUSS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GAUSS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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