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GUSTS

/ɡʌsts/5 letters

Definition of GUSTS

noun

plural of gust

GUST

noun

A strong, abrupt rush of wind.

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Word DNA

GUSTS inherits its ancestry from its root, GUST.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old Norse
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (12,066)

How it is built

noun1 syllable

Same root, GUST · 8 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Icelandic.

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Rarity score
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Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GUSTS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 172
Its one board, across 172 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
162
First board
10
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

Built from these letters

GUSTS
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GUSTS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Could you have found GUSTS?

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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