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GHASTLY
Definition of GHASTLY
adjective
Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal.
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Where it comes from
From a conflation of gastly, from Middle English gastly, from gasten (from Old English gǣstan (“to torment, frighten”)) + -ly, and ghostly (which was also spelt gastlich in Middle English). Equivalent to ghast/gast + -ly. Spelling with gh developed in the 16th century due to the conflation.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GHASTLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 60 boards so far. 356 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GHASTLY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AGHLSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GHASTL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GHASTLY?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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