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GNEISS
Definition of GNEISS
noun
A common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock having bands or veins, but not schistose.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From German Gneis, from Middle High German gneist (“spark”), from Old High German gneisto (“spark”). More at gnast.
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.
GNEISS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GNEISS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGINSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 GNEISS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GNEISS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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