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GLOAT
Definition of GLOAT
verb
To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English *gloten, glouten, from Old Norse glotta (“to grin, smile scornfully”) or Old English *glotian, both from Proto-Germanic *glutōną (“to stare”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shine”), related to dialectal Swedish glotta, glutta (“to peep”), Middle High German glutzen, glotzen (“to stare”), Modern German glotzen (“to gawk, goggle”).
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.
GLOAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GLOAT starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AGLOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GLOAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found GLOAT?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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