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GEYSER
Definition of GEYSER
noun
A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.
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Where it comes from
From Icelandic Geysir (“Gusher”), the Icelandic name of a particular hot spring in Iceland (see Wikipedia), from the verb geysa (“to gush”), from Old Norse geysa (“to gush”), which is mentioned in English as early as the 1760s in The Annual Register, as “Geyser, a wonderful spring in the valley of Haukadal”. Doublet of gusher
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (777)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GEYSER · 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.
GEYSER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 558 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GEYSER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEGRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start GEYSER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GEYSER?
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