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GYRATES
Definition of GYRATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of gyrate
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Another sense
GYRATES carries a second meaning.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gyrate.
Word DNA
GYRATES inherits its ancestry from its root, GYRATE.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, GYRATE · 3 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
GYRATES in a sentence
“It happens in slow motion, and her whole body gyrates with each squeeze.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GYRATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 86 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GYRATES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGRSTY - 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.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found GYRATES?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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