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GIGUE

/ʒiːɡ/5 letters

Definition of GIGUE

noun

An Irish dance, derived from the jig, used in the Partita form (Baroque Period).

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From French gigue. Doublet of jig.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GIGUE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 123
Its one board, across 123 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
76
First board
47
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.

First ever to find it

mpatcas

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GIGUE
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

GIGUE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGGIU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.

Words that start GIGUE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

GIGUES

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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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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