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GONDOLIER
Definition of GONDOLIER
noun
A boatperson who propels a gondola, especially in Venice.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Italian gondoliere, through French gondolier. By surface analysis, gondola + -ier.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,052)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GONDOLIER · 1 relative 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.
GONDOLIER in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 140 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GONDOLIER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEGILNOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start GONDOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found GONDOLIER?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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