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GHARIAL
Definition of GHARIAL
noun
A crocodilian of species Gavialis gangeticus, of the family Gavialidae.
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Other senses
GHARIAL carries 3 further meanings.
noun
A crocodilian reptile (Gavialis gangeticus) of South Asian rivers, having a long slender snout that in mature males has a bulbous growth at the tip.
noun
See gharrial.
noun
gavial
Where it comes from
From Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl). Doublet of gavial.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Hindi
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
23rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (126)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GHARIAL · 1 relative in the game
GHARIAL in a sentence
“Like the south Pacific mekosuchines, the Murua gharial was again fairly small, at 2-3 m long.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GHARIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 88 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GHARIAL starts with G and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAGHILR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found GHARIAL?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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