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GRAYWACKES
Definition of GRAYWACKES
noun
plural of graywacke
GREYWACKE · via graywacke
noun
A hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GRAYWACKE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRAYWACKES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRAYWACKES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEGKRSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start GRAYWA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found GRAYWACKES?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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