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SEAGULL
Definition of SEAGULL
noun
Any of several white, often dark-backed birds of the family Laridae having long, pointed wings and short legs.
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Where it comes from
From sea + gull. The second element is from a Brythonic language. Compare Welsh gwylan, Breton gouelan.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Welsh.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SEAGULL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SEAGULL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEGLLSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SEAGUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SEAGULL?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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