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GROSBEAK
Definition of GROSBEAK
noun
Any of several finches and cardinals that have a large, powerful bill
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A partial calque of French gros-bec, gros (“big”) + bec (“beak”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,135)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
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.
GROSBEAK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 62 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GROSBEAK starts with G and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABEGKORS - 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 GROSBE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found GROSBEAK?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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