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GYRATED
Definition of GYRATED
verb
simple past and past participle of gyrate
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Another sense
GYRATED carries a second meaning.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of gyrate.
Word DNA
GYRATED inherits its ancestry from its root, GYRATE.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,656)
How it is built
Same root, GYRATE · 3 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
GYRATED in a sentence
“The political crisis in the Middle East and North Africa continued to hurt sentiment as oil prices gyrated.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GYRATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 140 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GYRATED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEGRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found GYRATED?
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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