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GYROVAGUE
Definition of GYROVAGUE
noun
A wandering monk having no fixed monastery, as exemplified in the Rule of St. Benedict.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French gyrovague, a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin gȳrovagus (“wandering aimlessly”). By surface analysis, gyro- + vague.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GYROVAGUE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GYROVAGUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GYROVAGUE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGGORUVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Could you have found GYROVAGUE?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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