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GUILDS
Definition of GUILDS
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
GUILDS inherits its ancestry from its root, GUILD.
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 (782)
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.
GUILDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUILDS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DGILSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GUILDS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found GUILDS?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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