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GRAVELLING
Definition of GRAVELLING
noun
The parr or young salmon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Uncertain. Compare Old French gravele (“minnow”) + -ling.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GRAVEL · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRAVELLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRAVELLING starts with G and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGGILLNRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GRAVEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GRAVELLING?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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