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GUILER
Definition of GUILER
noun
A deceiver, a beguiler.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English giler, gylur, gylour, gilour, from Old French guilëor, equivalent to guile + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,288)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GUILER · 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.
GUILER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUILER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGILRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found GUILER?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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