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GOODYEARS
Definition of GOODYEARS
Wiktionary has no entry for GOODYEARS itself. This is its base word, GOODYEAR.
noun
Used as an expletive in phrases grammatically requiring a noun.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for GOODYEAR.
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.
GOODYEARS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GOODYEARS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEGOORSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found GOODYEARS?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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