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GUANO
Definition of GUANO
noun
Dung from a sea bird or from a bat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish guano, from Quechua wanu.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
47th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (18)
branch · 0.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GUANO · 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.
GUANO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 82 boards so far. 402 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUANO starts with G and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AGNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GUANO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found GUANO?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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