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GUANDAO
Definition of GUANDAO
noun
A Chinese polearm with the blade mounted on top of the pole (as opposed to on the side like most European polearms).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Mandarin 關刀 / 关刀 (guāndāo, “Guan Yu's halberd”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GUANDAO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUANDAO starts with G and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AADGNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found GUANDAO?
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 107 - and most players walked straight past it.
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