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GUSSETS
Definition of GUSSETS
noun
plural of gusset
noun
A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.
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Word DNA
GUSSETS inherits its ancestry from its root, GUSSET.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,496)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GUSSET · 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.
GUSSETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 162, 29 October 2026.
Built from these letters
GUSSETS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGSSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GUSSET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GUSSETS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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