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GRAVLAKS
Definition of GRAVLAKS
noun
Alternative spelling of gravlax.
noun
Salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an appetizer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Norwegian gravlaks, a compound of grave (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) + laks (“salmon”), calque of Swedish gravlax.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (116)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRAVLAKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRAVLAKS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAGKLRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found GRAVLAKS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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