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GHRELINS

8 letters

Definition of GHRELINS

noun

plural of ghrelin

GHRELIN

noun

A peptide hormone, secreted in the stomach when empty, that increases appetite and secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.

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Word DNA

GHRELINS inherits its ancestry from its root, GHRELIN.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.4%

of traced words share this origin (11,166)

How it is built

nouncompound-in

Same root, GHRELIN · 1 relative in the game

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

GHRELINS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 155
Its 21 boards, across 155 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
21
Boards found on
35
First board
151
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

enigma

on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GHRELINS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GHRELINS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGHILNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start GHRELI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GHRELINS?

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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.

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