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GUST
Definition of GUST
noun
A strong, abrupt rush of wind.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Apparently from an unrecorded Middle English *gust, from Old Norse gustr (“a gust, blast”), from Proto-Germanic *gustiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-. Cognate with Icelandic gustur (“gust of wind”). Related also to Old Norse gusa (“to gush forth”), Old High German gussa (“flood”), Middle English guschen (> English gush). The English word was not recorded before Shakespeare.
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.
GUST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GUST starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read GSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GUST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found GUST?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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