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GEAN
Definition of GEAN
noun
A wild cherry tree, Prunus avium, native to Europe and western Asia or its small, dark fruit.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French guine (modern French guigne).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GEAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GEAN starts with G and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEGN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GEAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found GEAN?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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