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GUDDLE
Definition of GUDDLE
verb
To catch (fish) with the hands, especially by groping at the bank of a stream or under stones.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Scots guddle, imitative of the splashing of water, and modelled after words like muddle and puddle, perhaps influenced by Scots gutter (“to spatter with mud”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Scots
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
22nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (128)
branch · 22.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GUDDLE · 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.
GUDDLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUDDLE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DDEGLU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found GUDDLE?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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