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GUARANTEES

/ˌɡɛɹənˈtiz/10 letters

Definition of GUARANTEES

noun

plural of guarantee

GUARANTEE

noun

Anything that assures a certain outcome.

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Word DNA

GUARANTEES inherits its ancestry from its root, GUARANTEE.

Line of descent

  1. Frankish
  2. Old French
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Frankish

Deepest traced root

30th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

0.3%

of traced words share this origin (203)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllables

Same root, GUARANTEE · 2 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Spanish.

Every Frankish word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GUARANTEES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 162
Its 17 boards, across 162 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
51
First board
149
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.

Built from these letters

GUARANTEES
10
Letters
5
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

GUARANTEES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEEGNRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start GUARAN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GUARANTEES?

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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.

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