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GINGKO

6 letters

Definition of GINGKO

noun

Alternative spelling of ginkgo.

GINKGO

noun

Any trees native to China with small, fan-shaped leaves and edible seeds.

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Word DNA

GINGKO inherits its ancestry from its root, GINKGO.

Line of descent

  1. Chinese
  2. Japanese
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Chinese

Deepest traced root

33rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

0.2%

of traced words share this origin (167)

Sinitic

branch · 0.3% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, GINKGO · 5 relatives in the game

Every Chinese word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GINGKO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 176
Its one board, across 176 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
173
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

jeannerules

on Day 173, 9 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GINGKO
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GINGKO starts with G and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read GGIKNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.

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 GINGKO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GINGKO?

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 173 - and most players walked straight past it.

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