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GLACIER
Definition of GLACIER
noun
A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French glacier, from Franco-Provençal gllaciér, from Vulgar Latin *glaciārium, a derivative of Latin glaciēs (“ice”), of uncertain origin. First attested in English in 1744 per the OED.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GLACIER · 2 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.
GLACIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 141 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GLACIER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEGILR - 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.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found GLACIER?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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