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GIRASOLE
Definition of GIRASOLE
noun
Synonym of Jerusalem artichoke .
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian girasole. From Italian girasole articiocco (“Jerusalem artichoke”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2%
of traced words share this origin (575)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GIRASOLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GIRASOLE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGILORS - 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 GIRASO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found GIRASOLE?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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