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GOOFY
Definition of GOOFY
adjective
Quirky or silly, often in a humorous manner; daft.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From goof (“foolish and/or silly person”, noun) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense form ‘having the quality of’; and forming informal nouns denoting associated persons or things).
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.
GOOFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GOOFY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FGOOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found GOOFY?
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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