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GRISTLY
Definition of GRISTLY
adjective
Resembling or containing gristle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
GRISTLY carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Composed of or containing gristle.
adjective
Resembling gristle.
Consisting of gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous: as, the gristly rays of fins connected by membranes; the gristly caps or epiphyses of growing bones.
adjective
Consisting of, or containing, gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous.
Where it comes from
From gristle + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GRISTLE · 3 relatives in the game
GRISTLY in a sentence
“Long nights of Pierrot locked inside invisible boxes, trapped and wailing soundlessly, of Pierrot suspended from invisible trees by invisible ropes, of Pierrot ascending stairs and descending stairs, of Pierrot gesturing the gristly aftermath of a death by Russian Roulette.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRISTLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 172 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRISTLY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GILRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of GRISTLY. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start GRISTL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found GRISTLY?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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