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GNUS
Definition of GNUS
noun
plural of gnu
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Another sense
GNUS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of gnu.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GNUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 246 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GNUS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found GNUS?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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