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GIRT
Definition of GIRT
noun
A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Alteration of girth (“belt, circumference, brace”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GIRT · 3 relatives 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.
GIRT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 101 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 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
GIRT starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read GIRT - 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 GIRT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found GIRT?
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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