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GOOEY
Definition of GOOEY
adjective
Having the consistency of goo: soft or viscous, and sticky.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The adjective is derived from goo + -ey (a variant of -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’)). The noun is derived from the adjective.
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.
GOOEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GOOEY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EGOOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GOOEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found GOOEY?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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