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GAGA

/ˈɡɑːɡɑː/4 letters

Definition of GAGA

adjective

Mentally senile.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French gaga.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. French
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

French

Deepest traced root

5th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

5.3%

of traced words share this origin (4,388)

Romance

branch · 12.8% of traced words

How it is built

adjective2 syllables

Every French 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.

GAGA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 166
Its one board, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
134
First board
32
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.

First ever to find it

graham1952

on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GAGA
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GAGA starts with G and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAGG - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G and A appear more than once.

Words that start GAGA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

GAGAKUGAGAKUS

Could you have found GAGA?

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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.

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