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GOOSEHERD
Definition of GOOSEHERD
noun
A person who tends to geese.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From goose + herd (“herder”). Inherited from Middle English gosherde, from Old English gōshierde, a compound of gōs (“goose”) and hierde (“herder”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GOOSEHERD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GOOSEHERD starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEGHOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GOOSEH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GOOSEHERD?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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