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GILD
Definition of GILD
verb
To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English gilden, gulden, from Old English gyldan (“to gild, to cover with a thin layer of gold”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþijan, from Proto-Germanic *gulþijaną, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GILD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 5, 26 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GILD starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DGIL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GILD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found GILD?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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