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GUINEA
Definition of GUINEA
noun
A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.
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Where it comes from
From Guinea, the early modern name for West Africa, the coins originally being made of gold from the region, mostly from the 'Gold Coast' (modern Ghana) and used for African trade, and the guinea fowl being found there. Its use as an ethnic slur against Italians may be due to their darker complexion compared to people of Anglo-American descent.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,348)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GUINEA · 3 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.
GUINEA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 95 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GUINEA starts with G and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEGINU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GUINEA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found GUINEA?
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