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GIRO
Definition of GIRO
noun
A transfer of funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Via German, from Italian giro (“circulation”), from Latin gyrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to curve, to bend”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GIRO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GIRO starts with G and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read GIOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 GIRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found GIRO?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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