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GENTILE
Definition of GENTILE
adjective
Non-Jewish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French gentil (“gentile”), from Latin gentīlis (“of or belonging to the same people or nation”), morphologically from gēns (“clan; tribe; people, family”) + adjective suffix -īlis (“-ile”). Doublet of gentle, genteel, jaunty, and Gentoo. See also gens, gender, genus, and generation.
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.
GENTILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GENTILE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start GENTIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found GENTILE?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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