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GERENUK
Definition of GERENUK
noun
A type of long-necked gazelle, Litocranius walleri, native to central and eastern Africa.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Somali garanuug.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GERENUK · 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.
GERENUK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GERENUK starts with G and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read EEGKNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found GERENUK?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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