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GOONIES
Definition of GOONIES
noun
plural of goonie
noun
Any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) and the Laysan albatross, that dwell primarily on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GOONY · 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.
GOONIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GOONIES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGINOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GOONIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found GOONIES?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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