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GOLDS
Definition of GOLDS
noun
plural of gold
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Word DNA
GOLDS 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 (2,614)
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.
GOLDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 48 days.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GOLDS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DGLOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GOLDS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found GOLDS?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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