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GROUNDHOG
Definition of GROUNDHOG
noun
A red-brown marmot, Marmota monax, native to North America.
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Where it comes from
From ground + hog.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GROUNDHOG · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GROUNDHOG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GROUNDHOG starts with G and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGGHNOORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G and O appear more than once.
Words that start GROUND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GROUNDHOG?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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