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GOOSE
Definition of GOOSE
noun
Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are generally bigger than ducks.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English goos, gos, from Old English gōs, from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Compare West Frisian goes, North Frisian göis (also Fering-Öömrang dialect North Frisian gus; Sölring dialect North Frisian Guus; Heligoland dialect North Frisian gus), Low German Goos, Gans, Dutch gans, German Gans, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian gås, Icelandic gæs, Irish gé, Latin ānser, Latvian zùoss, Russian гусь (gusʹ), Albanian gatë, Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn), Avestan 𐬰𐬁 (zā), Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GOOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GOOSE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GOOSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found GOOSE?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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