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GESNERIAD
Definition of GESNERIAD
noun
Any of the family Gesneriaceae of tropical and subtropical flowering plants, valued as ornamentals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From translingual Gesneria + -ad.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GESNERIAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GESNERIAD starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEGINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start GESNER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GESNERIAD?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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