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GOLES
Definition of GOLES
noun
plural of gole
noun
The main body of an army in array; a clustered body of troops; an irregular squadron of horsemen.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GOLE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GOLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GOLES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGLOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found GOLES?
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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