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GILSONITE
Definition of GILSONITE
noun
A form of asphalt from the Uintah Basin of Utah.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Gilson + -ite. Named after American rancher S. H. Gilson who discovered it.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ASPHALT · 7 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.
GILSONITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 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
GILSONITE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGIILNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start GILSON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GILSONITE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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