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GIRTH
Definition of GIRTH
noun
A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English girth, gerth, gyrth, from Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; belt”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (gairda), Icelandic gjörð. Also related to German Gurt, English gird, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie, bind, fasten”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GIRTH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GIRTH starts with G and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read GHIRT - 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 GIRTH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found GIRTH?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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