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GORMIEST

/ˈɡɔːmi/8 letters

Definition of GORMIEST

Wiktionary has no entry for GORMIEST itself. This is its base word, GORMY.

adjective

Awkward, clumsy, klutzy, ungainly.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

The origin recorded for GORMY.

Either:

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllables

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GORMIEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 147
Its 19 boards, across 147 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
29
First board
147
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

lincoln

on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GORMIEST
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

GORMIEST starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EGIMORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

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 GORMIE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GORMIEST?

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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.

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