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GEAS
Definition of GEAS
noun
A (generally magical) vow, obligation or injunction placed upon someone to do or not do something, which typically brings harm if violated and blessings if obeyed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
GEAS carries 3 further meanings.
noun
A vow or obligation placed upon a person.
noun
A curse.
noun
A mystical compulsion.
Where it comes from
Borrowed, like English geis, from Irish geis (“injunction; taboo, prohibition, spell”). The pronunciation resembles Irish geis, though the spelling matches its synonymous but heterophonous alternative form geas.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Irish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
23rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (332)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GEAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 65 boards so far. 212 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GEAS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found GEAS?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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