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GAZELLE
Definition of GAZELLE
noun
An antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa), Procapra (native to Asia), Eudorcas, or Nanger, capable of running at high speeds for long periods.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from Middle French gazelle, from Old French gazel, from Arabic غَزَال (ḡazāl).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,172)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GAZELLE · 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.
GAZELLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First found by a player on Day 145, 12 October 2026.
Built from these letters
GAZELLE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGLLZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and L appear more than once, including a double letter. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found GAZELLE?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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