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GUILD
Definition of GUILD
noun
A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans, particularly in the Middle Ages, established to oversee and protect their specific commercial interests and to provide mutual aid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English gilde, from Old Norse gildi (“payment, guild”). Related to geld, yield, yauld.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (819)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GUILD · 8 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.
GUILD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 73 boards so far. 174 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GUILD starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DGILU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GUILD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found GUILD?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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