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GLIDERS
Definition of GLIDERS
noun
plural of glider
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Word DNA
GLIDERS inherits its ancestry from its root, GLIDER.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,235)
branch · 22.3% 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.
GLIDERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GLIDERS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEGILRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found GLIDERS?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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