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GOOPING
Definition of GOOPING
noun
The deposition on paper of a blob of accumulated ink from a ballpoint pen.
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Word DNA
GOOPING inherits its ancestry from its root, GOOP.
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.
GOOPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GOOPING starts with G and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GGINOOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G and O appear 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.
Words that start GOOPIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GOOPING?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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