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GRONE
Definition of GRONE
verb
Obsolete spelling of groan.
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Word DNA
GRONE inherits its ancestry from its root, GROAN.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,691)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GROAN · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 109, 6 September 2026.
Built from these letters
GRONE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GRONE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found GRONE?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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