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GRAVLAXES

/ˈɡɹavˌlaks/9 letters

Definition of GRAVLAXES

Wiktionary has no entry for GRAVLAXES itself. This is its base word, GRAVLAX.

noun

Salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an appetizer.

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Where it comes from

The origin recorded for GRAVLAX.

Borrowed from Swedish gravlax, a compound of grava (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) + lax (“salmon”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GRAVLAXES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 6 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
73
First board
102
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

collinw

on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GRAVLAXES
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GRAVLAXES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEGLRSVX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start GRAVLA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.

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