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GISMO
Definition of GISMO
noun
Alternative spelling of gizmo.
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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.
GISMO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 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 86, 14 August 2026.
Built from these letters
GISMO starts with G and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read GIMOS - 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 GISMO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GISMO?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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