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GELID
Definition of GELID
adjective
Very cold; icy or frosty; frigid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
GELID carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Very cold; icy: synonym: cold.
“gelid ocean waters.”
Cold; very cold; icy.
adjective
Cold; very cold; frozen.
adjective
Very cold; icy or frosty.
Where it comes from
First attested in 1630. From Latin gelidus (“cold”), from gelu (“frost”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GELID · 4 relatives 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.
GELID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 92 boards so far. 505 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. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
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
GELID starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEGIL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of GELID. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GELID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GELID?
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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