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GLACIS
Definition of GLACIS
noun
A gentle incline. A gentle sloping landform created by the deposition or erosion of material. A gentle incline in front of a fortification which protects it from cannon fire and exposes attackers to more effective return fire from defenders.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French glacis (“slippery surface”), derived from Old French glacier (“to glide; freeze”), the former from Latin glaciāre (“to freeze”), from glaciēs (“ice”), of uncertain origin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GLACIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GLACIS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACGILS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GLACIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found GLACIS?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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