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GOALKEEPER
Definition of GOALKEEPER
noun
A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
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Where it comes from
From goal + keeper.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GOALKEEPER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 113, 10 September 2026.
Built from these letters
GOALKEEPER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEEEGKLOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GOALKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GOALKEEPER?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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