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GILGAI
Definition of GILGAI
noun
A small concavity or depression between ridges, where rainwater gathers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Gamilaraay gilgaay (“small water hole”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GILGAI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GILGAI starts with G and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AGGIIL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G and I appear more than once.
Words that start GILGAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GILGAI?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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