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GRADIAN
Definition of GRADIAN
noun
A unit of angle equal to 0.9 degree, so that there are 100 gradians in a right angle.
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Where it comes from
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GRADIAN · 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.
GRADIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 144, 11 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRADIAN starts with G and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADGINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found GRADIAN?
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 144 - and most players walked straight past it.
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