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GRISEOUS
Definition of GRISEOUS
adjective
Having a gray, mottled appearance
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin grīseus, from Proto-West Germanic *grīs (“grey”) (for which compare French gris and German greis) and -eus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,773)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRISEOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRISEOUS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGIORSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start GRISEO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GRISEOUS?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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