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GERUNDS
Definition of GERUNDS
noun
plural of gerund
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Another sense
GERUNDS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of gerund.
Word DNA
GERUNDS inherits its ancestry from its root, GERUND.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GERUND · 1 relative in the game
GERUNDS in a sentence
“Yeah, yeah, she said, it’s appearing in a finite verb form all right, but the thing is, in English gerunds and progressive participles sound the same!”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GERUNDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 75 boards so far. 269 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GERUNDS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEGNRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GERUND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found GERUNDS?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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