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GNATHIC

/ˈɡnæθɪk/7 letters

Definition of GNATHIC

adjective

Of or pertaining to the jaw.

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Other senses

GNATHIC carries 3 further meanings.

  1. adjective

    Of or relating to the jaw.

  2. Of or pertaining to the jaws; specifically, in craniometry, pertaining to the alveolus of the jaws; alveolar: as, the gnathic or alveolar index (which see, under craniometry). Also gnathal.

  3. adjective

    in a skull, the ratio of the distance from the middle of the nasofrontal suture to the basion (taken equal to 100), to the distance from the basion to the middle of the front edge of the upper jaw; -- called also alveolar index.

Where it comes from

From gnath- (“jaw”) + -ic.

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound-icgnath-

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GNATHIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 143
Its 45 boards, across 143 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
45
Boards found on
20
First board
143
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.

Built from these letters

GNATHIC
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GNATHIC starts with G and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACGHINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start GNATHI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

GNATHIONGNATHISMGNATHITEGNATHIONSGNATHITES

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

from The Century Dictionary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

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