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GLOOM
Definition of GLOOM
noun
Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English *gloom, *glom, from Old English glōm (“gloaming, twilight, darkness”), from Proto-West Germanic *glōm, from Proto-Germanic *glōmaz (“gleam, shimmer, sheen”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). The English word is cognate with Norwegian glom (“transparent membrane”), Scots gloam (“twilight; faint light; dull gleam”).
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.
GLOOM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GLOOM starts with G and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read GLMOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GLOOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found GLOOM?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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