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GRAYER

/ˈɡɹeɪɚ/6 letters

Definition of GRAYER

adjective

comparative form of gray: more gray

GRAY

adjective

Of a color between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.

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Word DNA

GRAYER inherits its ancestry from its root, GRAY.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old English
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (11,787)

How it is built

adjective1 syllable

Same root, GRAY · 9 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Russian, Swedish.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Find it yourself

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

GRAYER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 167
Its one board, across 167 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
152
First board
15
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.

First ever to find it

juansaenz

on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GRAYER
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GRAYER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEGRRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.

Could you have found GRAYER?

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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.

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