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GILLNET
Definition of GILLNET
noun
A vertical net, often resting on the sea floor, which entangles fish in the netting, frequently by the gills.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From gill + net.
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.
GILLNET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GILLNET starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EGILLNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 GILLNE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GILLNET?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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