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GYRATIONS
Definition of GYRATIONS
noun
plural of gyration
noun
The act of turning or whirling, especially around a fixed axis or centre; a circular or spiral motion; rotation.
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Word DNA
GYRATIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, GYRATION.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,608)
How it is built
Same root, GYRATION · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GYRATIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 62 boards so far. 204 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GYRATIONS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGINORSTY - 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.
Words that start GYRATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found GYRATIONS?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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