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GOLFS
Definition of GOLFS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of golf
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Word DNA
GOLFS inherits its ancestry from its root, GOLF.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,232)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GOLF · 4 relatives 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.
GOLFS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GOLFS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FGLOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses 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 GOLFS?
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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