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GRIMALKIN

/ɡɹɪˈmæl.kɪn/9 letters

Definition of GRIMALKIN

noun

A cat, especially an elderly female.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From grey + malkin; literally "grey-haired cat" or "grey-haired woman".

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

GRIMALKIN in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 15 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
8
First board
102
Latest board
27
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

adragonlover5

on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GRIMALKIN
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GRIMALKIN starts with G and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AGIIKLMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start GRIMAL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GRIMALKIN?

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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.

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