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GORM
Definition of GORM
verb
To gawk; to stare or gape.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A variant of gaum, from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaumr, from Proto-Germanic *gaumō; compare Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan, “observe”), and see gaum for more. The -r- was not originally pronounced but was a device used by non-rhotic dialects of English to indicate vowel length or quality (compare Burma, Myanmar, and juggernaut).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (981)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GORM · 2 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.
GORM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 64 boards so far. 209 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GORM starts with G and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read GMOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GORM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found GORM?
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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