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GENTLIER
Definition of GENTLIER
adverb
comparative form of gently: more gently
adverb
In a manner characterized by gentleness Without strong force or quickness: softly, lightly. In a gentle manner; to a gentle degree. Quietly: without much noise or motion.
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Word DNA
GENTLIER inherits its ancestry from its root, GENTLY.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,006)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GENTLY · 1 relative 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.
GENTLIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 163, 30 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GENTLIER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEGILNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 GENTLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GENTLIER?
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 163 - and most players walked straight past it.
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