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GILLNETS
Definition of GILLNETS
noun
plural of gillnet
noun
A vertical net, often resting on the sea floor, which entangles fish in the netting, frequently by the gills.
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Word DNA
GILLNETS inherits its ancestry from its root, GILLNET.
How it is built
Same root, GILLNET · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GILLNETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GILLNETS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGILLNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 GILLNE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GILLNETS?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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