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GOOBERY
Definition of GOOBERY
adjective
Gooey, drooly and mucky.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From goober + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GOOBERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 157, 24 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 171, 7 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 157, 24 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GOOBERY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BEGOORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GOOBER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GOOBERY?
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 157 - and most players walked straight past it.
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