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GOOGLY
Definition of GOOGLY
noun
A ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown; perhaps derived from googie (“an egg, in reference to the unusual direction of bounce”). Though the delivery was perfected and made famous by English cricketer Bernard Bosanquet, circa 1900, the term is recorded earlier in Australian English (1896).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GOOGLY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GOOGLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 61 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GOOGLY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GGLOOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found GOOGLY?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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