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GADZOOKERY
Definition of GADZOOKERY
noun
The use of archaism, tushery.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From gadzooks + -ery.
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.
GADZOOKERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 66 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GADZOOKERY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADEGKOORYZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start GADZOO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found GADZOOKERY?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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