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GLADIUS
Definition of GLADIUS
noun
A Roman sword roughly two feet long.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin gladius (“Roman short sword, gladius”). Doublet of glaive.
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.
GLADIUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLADIUS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADGILSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GLADIU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found GLADIUS?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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