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GREETS
Definition of GREETS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of greet
verb
To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.
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Word DNA
GREETS inherits its ancestry from its root, GREET.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,940)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GREET · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GREETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GREETS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found GREETS?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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