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GELATINOUS
Definition of GELATINOUS
adjective
Jelly-like.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From gelatine + -ous; probably modeled on French gélatineux.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,103)
branch · 15.4% 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.
GELATINOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 91 boards so far. 480 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GELATINOUS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGILNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GELATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found GELATINOUS?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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