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GYRE
Definition of GYRE
noun
A swirling vortex. A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin gȳrus (“circle; circular motion”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle; ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend; to curve”). The English word is a doublet of gyro and gyrus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GYRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 161 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GYRE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGRY - 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 GYRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found GYRE?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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