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GLUTEN
Definition of GLUTEN
noun
Fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French gluten, borrowed from Latin glūten (“glue”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GLUTEN · 1 relative 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.
GLUTEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 120 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLUTEN starts with G and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EGLNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GLUTEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found GLUTEN?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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