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GUARISH
Definition of GUARISH
verb
To heal or cure.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the stem of Old French guarir, garir, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warjaną.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Germanic
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (981)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GUARISH · 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.
GUARISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUARISH starts with G and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AGHIRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GUARIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found GUARISH?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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