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GAWK
Definition of GAWK
noun
A cuckoo; any gawky bird.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a variant of gowk, from Middle English gowke, goke, from Old Norse gaukr (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (“cuckoo”). Cognate with Danish gøg, Swedish gök, German Gauch, Old English ġēac. Compare also French gauche, and English gawky and gallock.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,696)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GAWK · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, French, Old English, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GAWK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 109 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GAWK starts with G and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AGKW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GAWK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found GAWK?
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