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GOODYEAR
Definition of GOODYEAR
noun
Used as an expletive in phrases grammatically requiring a noun.
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Where it comes from
From good + year. First use appears c. 1570 in the writings of Thomas North; obsolete since c. 1892. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “what's the semantic link? OED makes some connection to Dutch”)
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GOODYEAR · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GOODYEAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 69 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GOODYEAR starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEGOORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found GOODYEAR?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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