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GLOUT
Definition of GLOUT
noun
A sulky look.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Scots. Compare gloat.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Scots
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (338)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GLOUT · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GLOUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GLOUT starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read GLOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GLOUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found GLOUT?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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