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GLOAMS
Definition of GLOAMS
noun
plural of gloam
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Another sense
GLOAMS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of gloam.
Word DNA
GLOAMS inherits its ancestry from its root, GLOAM.
How it is built
Same root, GLOAM · 3 relatives in the game
GLOAMS in a sentence
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GLOAMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 121 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLOAMS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGLMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found GLOAMS?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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