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GRUNION
Definition of GRUNION
noun
Either of two small fish, of the genus Leuresthes, found along the coast of Mexico and southern California, that spawn in the wet sand at certain high tides.
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Where it comes from
Uncertain, but probably from American Spanish gruñón (“grunter, grouch”), from gruñir (“to grunt”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (965)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRUNION · 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.
GRUNION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRUNION starts with G and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read GINNORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Could you have found GRUNION?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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