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GAZEHOUND

/ˈɡeɪzhaʊnd/9 letters

Definition of GAZEHOUND

noun

Synonym of sighthound (“a hound that primarily hunts by sight and speed, instead of by scent and endurance”).

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Where it comes from

From gaze (noun) + hound.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GAZEHOUND in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 111
Its one board, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
107
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

antsy

on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GAZEHOUND
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

GAZEHOUND starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEGHNOUZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start GAZEHO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 107 - and most players walked straight past it.

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