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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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,094)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GONAD · 6 relatives in the game
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 65 boards so far. 189 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 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
2 other words use 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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