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GHOULISH

/ˈɡuː.lɪʃ/8 letters

Definition of GHOULISH

adjective

Of or pertaining to ghouls.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From ghoul + -ish.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound-ish

Same root, GHOUL · 9 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
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Tier
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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.

GHOULISH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 62 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 157
Its 2 boards, across 157 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
76
First board
151
Latest board
75
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

lexiconartist

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GHOULISH
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

GHOULISH starts with G and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read GHHILOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.

Words that start GHOULI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

GHOULIEGHOULIESGHOULISMGHOULISHLYGHOULISHNESSGHOULISHNESSES

Could you have found GHOULISH?

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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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