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GLEEK
Definition of GLEEK
noun
A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
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Other senses
GLEEK carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A jest; a scoff; a trick or deception.
noun
An enticing or wanton glance.
noun
In music, same as glee
noun
An old game at cards played by three persons, with forty-four cards, each person having twelve, and eight being left for the stock.
Where it comes from
From Middle French glic, from Old French glic (“a game of cards”), of Germanic origin from or related to Middle High German glücke, gelücke (“luck”) and Middle Dutch gelīc (“like, alike”). More at luck, like.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (453)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GLEEK · 2 relatives in the game
GLEEK in a sentence
“So what's a parent of a tween "gleek" - as fans call themselves - to do?”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GLEEK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 216 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLEEK starts with G and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read EEGKL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of GLEEK. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start GLEEK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GLEEK?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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