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GRADIENCE
Definition of GRADIENCE
noun
The absence of a clear boundary, or the presence of a continuous spectrum of meaning, between two words or categories.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GRADIENCE · 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.
GRADIENCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRADIENCE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEGINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start GRADIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GRADIENCE?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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