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GRIOTS
Definition of GRIOTS
noun
plural of griot
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Another sense
GRIOTS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of griot.
Word DNA
GRIOTS inherits its ancestry from its root, GRIOT.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,194)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRIOT · 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.
GRIOTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRIOTS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GIORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found GRIOTS?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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