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GEOIDS
Definition of GEOIDS
noun
plural of geoid
noun
The shape, extending through landmasses (continents, etc.), that the surface of the oceans of the Earth would take under the influence of the Earth's gravity and rotation alone, disregarding other factors such as winds and tides; that is, a surface of constant gravitational potential at zero elevation.
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Word DNA
GEOIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, GEOID.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GEOID · 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.
GEOIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GEOIDS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEGIOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found GEOIDS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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