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GOALPOST

/ˈɡəʊlpəʊst/8 letters

Definition of GOALPOST

noun

One of the two vertical side poles of a goal.

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Where it comes from

From goal + post.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GOALPOST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 150
Its 12 boards, across 150 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
27
First board
123
Latest board
31
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.

First ever to find it

boymom4

on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

GOALPOST starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AGLOOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start GOALPO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

GOALPOSTS

Could you have found GOALPOST?

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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.

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