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GROUNDS
Definition of GROUNDS
noun
plural of ground
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GROUND · 11 relatives 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.
GROUNDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 110 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 177, 13 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GROUNDS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DGNORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GROUND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found GROUNDS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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