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GUILLEMETS
Definition of GUILLEMETS
noun
plural of guillemet
noun
Either of the punctuation marks « or » (or ‹ or ›), used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language, such as “ and ”.
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Word DNA
GUILLEMETS inherits its ancestry from its root, GUILLEMET.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,521)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GUILLEMET · 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.
GUILLEMETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 173, 9 November 2026.
Built from these letters
GUILLEMETS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGILLMSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GUILLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GUILLEMETS?
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 173 - and most players walked straight past it.
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