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GHARIALS
Definition of GHARIALS
noun
plural of gharial
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Another sense
GHARIALS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of gharial.
Word DNA
GHARIALS inherits its ancestry from its root, GHARIAL.
Line of descent
- Hindi
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
23rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (129)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GHARIAL · 1 relative in the game
GHARIALS in a sentence
“AFP/Getty Images A Thai Customs officer displays an Indian Roofed turtle in Bangkok on Thursday, after the Thai Customs Department seized 451 turtles and gharials worth more than $33,000, upon the shipment's arrival in the country.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GHARIALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 89 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GHARIALS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAGHILRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found GHARIALS?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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