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GOONY
Definition of GOONY
adjective
Of or like a goon; thuggish; brutal.
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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.
GOONY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GOONY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GNOOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found GOONY?
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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