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GRAZE
Definition of GRAZE
noun
The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English grasen (“to feed with grass”), from Old English grasian, from Proto-West Germanic *grasōn, from Proto-Germanic *grasōną, from *grasą (“grass”) + *-ōną (verbal suffix). Doublet of grass.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRAZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GRAZE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGRZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GRAZE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found GRAZE?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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