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GOBEMOUCHE
Definition of GOBEMOUCHE
noun
A naive, gullible person.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French gobemouche. See gober (“to swallow whole”) and mouche (“fly”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,144)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GOBEMOUCHE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 142, 9 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 142, 9 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GOBEMOUCHE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEEGHMOOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Words that start GOBEMO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GOBEMOUCHE?
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 142 - and most players walked straight past it.
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