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GUBERNATORIAL
Definition of GUBERNATORIAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to a governor or the office of governor.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin gubernātor (“governor”), from gubernō (“govern”), + -ial.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
32.9%
of traced words share this origin (9,339)
branch · 32.9% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GUBERNATORIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUBERNATORIAL starts with G and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AABEGILNORRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and A appear more than once.
Words that start GUBERNATO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GUBERNATORIAL?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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