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GRAY
Definition of GRAY
adjective
Of a color between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English gray, from Old English grǣġ (West Saxon). The spelling gray reflects the West Saxon vowel development, whereas the variant grey stems from the Anglian form grēġ (through Middle English grey). Further derived from Proto-West Germanic *grāu, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to green, to grow”). Cognate with West Frisian grau (“grey”), Dutch grauw (“grey”), German Low German grau, graag (“grey”), German grau (“grey”), Swedish grå (“grey”), Icelandic grár (“grey”), Latin rāvus (“tawny, grey”), Old Church Slavonic зьрѭ (zĭrjǫ, “to see, to glance”), archaic Russian зреть (zretʹ, “to watch, to look at”), Lithuanian žeriù (“to shine”).
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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.
GRAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GRAY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AGRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GRAY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found GRAY?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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