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GOLEM

/ˈɡəʊ.ləm/5 letters

Definition of GOLEM

noun

A humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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.

GOLEM in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 253 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 45 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
45
Boards found on
15
First board
102
Latest board
8
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.

Built from these letters

GOLEM
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GOLEM starts with G and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EGLMO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start GOLEM

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GOLEM?

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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.

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