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GAWKISH

/ˈɡɔːkɪʃ/7 letters

Definition of GAWKISH

adjective

gawky

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From gawk + -ish.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound-ish

Same root, GAWK · 11 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

GAWKISH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 158
Its 23 boards, across 158 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
23
Boards found on
37
First board
156
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

majope

on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GAWKISH
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GAWKISH starts with G and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AGHIKSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start GAWKIS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

GAWKISHLYGAWKISHNESSGAWKISHNESSES

Could you have found GAWKISH?

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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.

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