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GYMKHANA

/d͡ʒɪmˈkɑnə/8 letters

Definition of GYMKHANA

noun

A competition where riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Hindustani گیند خانہ (gendxānā) / गेंदख़ाना (gendxānā, “racquet court”), from گیند / गेंद (gend, “ball”) + خانہ / ख़ाना (xānā, “court”). Influenced by gymnastics and gymnasium.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompound

Same root, GYMKHANA · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
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.

GYMKHANA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 151
Its 21 boards, across 151 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
21
Boards found on
32
First board
144
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

magnetschool

on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GYMKHANA
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
5
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start GYMKHA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GYMKHANA?

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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.

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