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GOMPHRENA
Definition of GOMPHRENA
noun
Any plant of the genus Gomphrena of globe amaranths.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the genus name, from the Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “peg”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,640)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GOMPHRENA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 143, 10 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 174, 10 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 143, 10 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GOMPHRENA starts with G and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEGHMNOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GOMPHR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GOMPHRENA?
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 143 - and most players walked straight past it.
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