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GYROCOMPASSES

13 letters

Definition of GYROCOMPASSES

noun

plural of gyrocompass

GYROCOMPASS

noun

A north-seeking form of gyroscope used as a directional reference in navigation.

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Word DNA

GYROCOMPASSES inherits its ancestry from its root, GYROSCOPE.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. French
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.3%

of traced words share this origin (10,555)

Hellenic

branch · 12.3% of traced words

How it is built

nouncompound-scopegyro-

Same root, GYROSCOPE · 3 relatives in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · 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.

GYROCOMPASSES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 174
Its one board, across 174 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
162
First board
12
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

poetandscribe

on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GYROCOMPASSES
13
Letters
4
Vowels
9
Consonants
10
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GYROCOMPASSES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEGMOOPRSSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and S appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start GYROCOMPA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GYROCOMPASSES?

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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.

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