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GOLDEST
Definition of GOLDEST
adjective
superlative form of gold: most gold
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Word DNA
GOLDEST inherits its ancestry from its root, GOLD.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,616)
How it is built
Same root, GOLD · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Persian, Russian, Sanskrit, Scots and 1 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GOLDEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GOLDEST starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEGLOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found GOLDEST?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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