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GAVEL
Definition of GAVEL
noun
Rent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English gavel, from Old English gafol, from Proto-West Germanic *gabul, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną (“to give”), equivalent to give + -el.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (980)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GAVEL · 3 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.
GAVEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 105 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 4, 25 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GAVEL starts with G and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEGLV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GAVEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found GAVEL?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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