The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GAVELKINDS
Definition of GAVELKINDS
noun
plural of gavelkind
noun
a system of inheritance associated with the county of Kent in England whereby, at the death of a tenant, intestate estate is divided equally among all his sons; also, a similar system employed in Ireland
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
GAVELKINDS inherits its ancestry from its root, GAVELKIND.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,784)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GAVELKIND · 1 relative 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.
GAVELKINDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GAVELKINDS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEGIKLNSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found GAVELKINDS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER