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GISARME
Definition of GISARME
noun
A type of polearm having a spearhead and a reverse hooked spike on the back.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English gisarme, from Old French guisarme; compare modern French guisarme.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (840)
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.
GISARME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GISARME starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGIMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GISARM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GISARME?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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