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GHEE

/ɡʰiː/4 letters

Definition of GHEE

noun

A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking.

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Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hindustani گھی (ghī) / घी (ghī), traditionally explained as from Sanskrit घृत (ghṛta, “sprinkled”) (See घृत entry 3 for details). First attested in the late 17th century.

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Sanskrit
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Sanskrit

Deepest traced root

15th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

0.9%

of traced words share this origin (741)

Indic

branch · 1.5% of traced words

How it is built

noun1 syllable

Same root, GHEE · 3 relatives in the game

Every Sanskrit word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GHEE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 78 boards so far. 285 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 157
Its 78 boards, across 157 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
78
Boards found on
13
First board
157
Latest board
7
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.

Built from these letters

GHEE
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

GHEE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGH - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start GHEE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GHEE?

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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.

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