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GOADS
Definition of GOADS
noun
plural of goad
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Word DNA
GOADS inherits its ancestry from its root, GOAD.
Line of descent
7 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (756)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GOAD · 7 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.
GOADS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GOADS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADGOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GOADS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found GOADS?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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