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GYBED
Definition of GYBED
verb
simple past and past participle of gybe
verb
To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind.
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Word DNA
GYBED inherits its ancestry from its root, GYBE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (116)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GYBE · 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.
GYBED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GYBED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEGY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found GYBED?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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