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GONDOLA
Definition of GONDOLA
noun
A small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian gondola, from Venetan góndoƚa. Possibly from Byzantine Greek κοντοῦρα (kontoûra, “cutter, kind of ship”).
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.
GONDOLA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 95 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GONDOLA starts with G and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ADGLNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
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 GONDOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found GONDOLA?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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