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GHOULIE
Definition of GHOULIE
noun
A ghoul (ghostly spirit).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ghoul + -ie.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GHOULIE · 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.
GHOULIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GHOULIE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGHILOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GHOULI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found GHOULIE?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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