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GONAD
Definition of GONAD
noun
A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary. A testicle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From 1880 New Latin gonadēs, plural of New Latin gonas, coined from Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ, “seed, begetting, birth, offspring”), from γίγνεσθαι (gígnesthai, “be born”).
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.
GONAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 112 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GONAD starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADGNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 GONAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found GONAD?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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