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GONFALONIER
Definition of GONFALONIER
noun
One who bears the gonfalon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English gonfalonier, from Old French gonfalonier.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.8%
of traced words share this origin (751)
branch · 15.2% 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.
GONFALONIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 132, 29 September 2026.
Built from these letters
GONFALONIER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEFGILNNOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and N appear more than once.
Could you have found GONFALONIER?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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