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GURN
Definition of GURN
noun
A distorted facial expression; grimace.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
GURN carries 2 further meanings.
noun
A distorted facial expression.
verb
to make a grotesque face.
Where it comes from
Early 20th century: dialect variant of grin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GURN · 3 relatives in the game
GURN in a sentence
“Had the joy of listening to old men 'gurn' and complain at a local sports event, seemingly oblivious to the fact they aren't at home in front of the TV or watching the multimillionaires.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GURN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 78 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GURN starts with G and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read GNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GURN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found GURN?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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