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AMPHIGOURI
Definition of AMPHIGOURI
noun
Alternative form of amphigory
noun
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, which is meaningless despite possibly appearing to have meaning.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
French amphigouri.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,301)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AMPHIGOURI · 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.
AMPHIGOURI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
AMPHIGOURI starts with A and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AGHIIMOPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start AMPHIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AMPHIGOURI?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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