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GIRANDOLE
Definition of GIRANDOLE
noun
An ornamental branched candle holder, sometimes with a mirror behind.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French girandole, from Italian girandola, from girare (“to turn, gyrate”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.9%
of traced words share this origin (543)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GIRANDOLE · 1 relative 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.
GIRANDOLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GIRANDOLE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEGILNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 GIRAND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found GIRANDOLE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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