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GUNCLE
Definition of GUNCLE
noun
A gay uncle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of gay + uncle.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GUNCLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUNCLE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEGLNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found GUNCLE?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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