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GUESSER
Definition of GUESSER
noun
A person who guesses; especially someone who can make a reasonable prediction from little evidence.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English gessere, gessare, equivalent to guess + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,287)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GUESS · 4 relatives 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.
GUESSER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUESSER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEGRSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GUESSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GUESSER?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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