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GHERKINS
Definition of GHERKINS
noun
plural of gherkin
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Word DNA
GHERKINS inherits its ancestry from its root, GHERKIN.
Line of descent
- Middle Low German
- Dutch
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
29th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (80)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GHERKIN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Polish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GHERKINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 100 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GHERKINS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGHIKNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found GHERKINS?
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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