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GERUNDS
Definition of GERUNDS
noun
plural of gerund
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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 36 boards so far. 115 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 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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