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GLEEMAN
Definition of GLEEMAN
noun
A professional singer, bard, or other entertainer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English gleman, gleoman, from Old English glēomann, glīġman, corresponding to glee (“music; minstrelsy; entertainment”) + man. Cognate with Scots gle-man, gleman (“gleeman, minstrel”).
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.
GLEEMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLEEMAN starts with G and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEEGLMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GLEEMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GLEEMAN?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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