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GONE
Definition of GONE
verb
past participle of go
GO
verb
To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
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Where it comes from
From Middle English gon, igon, gan, ȝegan, from Old English gān, ġegān, from Proto-Germanic *gānaz (“gone”), past participle of *gāną (“to go”). Cognate with West Germanic Scots gane (“gone”), West Frisian gien (“gone”), Low German gahn (“gone”), and Dutch gegaan (“gone”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,856)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GONE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GONE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 72 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GONE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GONE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GONE?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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