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GUARDIANS
Definition of GUARDIANS
noun
plural of guardian
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Word DNA
GUARDIANS inherits its ancestry from its root, GUARDIAN.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (909)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GUARDIAN · 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.
GUARDIANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 101 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 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 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUARDIANS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADGINRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start GUARDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found GUARDIANS?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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