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GIRDLECAKES
Definition of GIRDLECAKES
noun
plural of girdlecake
GRIDDLECAKE · via girdlecake
noun
Any of various forms of small pancake made from a spoonful of batter cooked on a griddle.
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Word DNA
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.
GIRDLECAKES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 61 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GIRDLECAKES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEGIKLRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start GIRDLEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GIRDLECAKES?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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