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GRUNTLE
Definition of GRUNTLE
verb
To utter small, low grunts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From grunt + -le (early modern English frequentative suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GRUNTLE · 2 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.
GRUNTLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GRUNTLE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGLNRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GRUNTL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found GRUNTLE?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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