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GONER
Definition of GONER
noun
Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case, especially someone who is bound to die soon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From gone + -er. First attestations around 1850.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GONER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 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 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GONER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found GONER?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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