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GENDARME
Definition of GENDARME
noun
A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French gendarme, a back-formation from gendarmes, from gens d'armes (“people of arms, armed people”), from gens + d' + armes.
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.
GENDARME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 67 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GENDARME starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEGMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start GENDAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GENDARME?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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