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GERKINS
Definition of GERKINS
noun
plural of gerkin
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Word DNA
GERKINS inherits its ancestry from its root, GHERKIN.
Line of descent
- Middle Low German
- Dutch
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
23rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (362)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GHERKIN · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Polish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GERKINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 171, 7 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 171, 7 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GERKINS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGIKNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found GERKINS?
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 171 - and most players walked straight past it.
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