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GRISE
Definition of GRISE
noun
A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Properly the plural of gree (“a step”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GRISE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGIRS - 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.
Words that start GRISE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found GRISE?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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