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GLADIOLE
Definition of GLADIOLE
noun
gladiolus (flowering plant)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English gladiol, from Latin gladiolus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% 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.
GLADIOLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLADIOLE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEGILLO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Words that start GLADIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GLADIOLE?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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