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GRAVEL
Definition of GRAVEL
noun
Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English gravel, grauel, from Old French gravele, diminutive of grave (“gravel, seashore”), from Medieval Latin grava, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *grāwā (“gravel, pebbles”) (compare Breton groa, Cornish grow, Welsh gro), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰroh₁weh₂, from *gʰreh₁w- (“to grind”). Compare also Old English græfa (“coal”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,191)
How it is built
Same root, GRAVEL · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English, Welsh.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRAVEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 65 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRAVEL starts with G and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEGLRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GRAVEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found GRAVEL?
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