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GHOULIES
Definition of GHOULIES
noun
plural of ghoulie
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Another sense
GHOULIES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of ghoulie.
Word DNA
GHOULIES inherits its ancestry from its root, GHOUL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,114)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GHOUL · 9 relatives in the game
GHOULIES in a sentence
“Hordes of flesh-munching ghoulies overrun America, burning and looting all our most sacred capitalistic pleasures.”
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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.
GHOULIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 72 boards so far. 245 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GHOULIES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGHILOSU - 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.
Words that start GHOULI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found GHOULIES?
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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