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GALOSH
Definition of GALOSH
noun
An overshoe or boot worn in wet weather: A waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow. A waterproof rubber boot, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
GALOSH carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A waterproof overshoe.
“He wears galoshes when it rains to keep his feet dry.”
noun
A sturdy heavy-soled boot or shoe.
To protect with a partial covering, edging, or the like of strong or water-proof material, as a shoe.
noun
A kind of clog or patten worn in the middle ages as a protection against wet, and common, because of the practice of making shoes of cloth, silk, or the like, or of ornamental leather.
Where it comes from
From Middle English galoche, from Old French galoche (“a shoe with a wooden sole”), but its further history is uncertain.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (840)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GALOSH · 2 relatives 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.
GALOSH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 130 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GALOSH starts with G and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AGHLOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GALOSH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found GALOSH?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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