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GRATINS
Definition of GRATINS
noun
plural of gratin
noun
The top crust of a dish, consisting of breadcrumbs or grated cheese heated under a grill; the dish itself.
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Word DNA
GRATINS inherits its ancestry from its root, GRATIN.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,085)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRATIN · 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.
GRATINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRATINS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GRATIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found GRATINS?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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