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GONYS
Definition of GONYS
noun
the lower ridge of the lower mandible of a bird's beak, located at the junction of the bone's two rami (lateral plates)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γένυς (génus, “jaw”).
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.
GONYS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 94, 22 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GONYS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GNOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GONYS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GONYS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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