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GLUTINOUS
Definition of GLUTINOUS
adjective
Glue-like, sticky, viscid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin glūtinōsus. By surface analysis, gluten + -ous.
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.
GLUTINOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 181 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLUTINOUS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GILNOSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start GLUTIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found GLUTINOUS?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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