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GUILT
Definition of GUILT
noun
Responsibility for wrongdoing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English gilt, gult, from Old English gylt (“guilt, sin, offense, crime, fault”), of obscure origin. Possibly related with Old English ġieldan (“to pay, requite, punish”) (whence yield), from Proto-West Germanic *guldijā (whence Middle High German gülte (“debt, fee, financial duty”), Middle Low German gülde, German Gülte), from Proto-West Germanic *geldan (“to pay for”), from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”). However, neither the Old English stem form nor its ending -t (instead of -d) fit the continental form.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GUILT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUILT starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read GILTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GUILT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found GUILT?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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