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GAUDIEST
Definition of GAUDIEST
adjective
superlative form of gaudy: most gaudy
adjective
Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.
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Word DNA
GAUDIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, GAUDY.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,750)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GAUDY · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, Old English.
GAUDIEST in a sentence
“Welcome to Sucker Punch, the only blog post that ranks the gaudiest moments in this week's episode of True Blood.”
Mark Blankenship: True Blood Sucker Punch: Season 4, Ep. 6, 2011
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GAUDIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 74 boards so far. 156 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GAUDIEST starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADEGISTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found GAUDIEST?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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