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GRUESOME
Definition of GRUESOME
adjective
Repellently frightful and shocking; ghastly, horrific.
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Where it comes from
From grue (“(archaic except Northern England, Scotland) to be frightened; to shudder with fear”) + -some (suffix meaning ‘characterized by some specific condition or quality, usually to a considerable degree’ forming adjectives and nouns), probably popularized by the Scottish novelist and poet Walter Scott (1771–1832): see, for example, the 1816 quotation.
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Word DNA
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.
GRUESOME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 126 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRUESOME starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGMORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start GRUESO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found GRUESOME?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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