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GLADS
Definition of GLADS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of glad
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Word DNA
GLADS inherits its ancestry from its root, GLAD.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,223)
How it is built
Same root, GLAD · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Russian, Scots, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GLADS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLADS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADGLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GLADS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found GLADS?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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