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GECKO
Definition of GECKO
noun
Any lizard in the infraorder Gekkota.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The modern form was probably borrowed into English and other European languages from Dutch gekko (1718). Contemporary English forms were chacco (1711) and jackoa (1724). The further origin is not quite clear. Some sources mention a supposed Malay gekok, gekoq, or gekop, which would be imitative of the gecko’s chirping sound. Another theory derives it from Acehnese gèh-gòh (“busy”).
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.
GECKO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GECKO starts with G and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read CEGKO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found GECKO?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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