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GRIDLOCKED
Definition of GRIDLOCKED
verb
simple past and past participle of gridlock
noun
A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
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Word DNA
GRIDLOCKED inherits its ancestry from its root, GRIDLOCK.
How it is built
Same root, GRIDLOCK · 2 relatives 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.
GRIDLOCKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRIDLOCKED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDDEGIKLOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Words that start GRIDLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GRIDLOCKED?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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