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GAUCHERIE
Definition of GAUCHERIE
noun
A socially tactless or awkward act.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French gaucherie.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,103)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GAUCHERIE · 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.
GAUCHERIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
GAUCHERIE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGHIRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start GAUCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found GAUCHERIE?
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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