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GOOPED
Definition of GOOPED
adjective
Amazed, stunned, or shocked (whether by something positive or negative).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Origin unclear. Attested from 2015 in African-American Vernacular English. Gained wider use circa 2017, popularized by its use on the TV show RuPaul's Drag Race by contestant Aja.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GOOP · 3 relatives 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.
GOOPED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GOOPED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEGOOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found GOOPED?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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