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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.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,575)
How it is built
Same root, GLOAT · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
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 43 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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?
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