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GROOM
Definition of GROOM
noun
A man who is about to marry.
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Where it comes from
1604, short for bridegroom (“husband-to-be”), from Middle English brydgrome, alteration (with intrusive r) of earlier bridegome (“bridegroom”), from Old English brȳdguma (“bridegroom”), from brȳd (“bride”) + guma (“man, hero”). In Middle English, the second element was re-analyzed as or influenced by grom, grome (“attendant”). Guma derives from Proto-Germanic *gumô (“man, person”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō; it is cognate to Icelandic gumi (cf. Icelandic brúðgumi) and Norwegian gume and, ultimately, human.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GROOM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GROOM starts with G and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read GMOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GROOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found GROOM?
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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