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GOPHERING
Definition of GOPHERING
Wiktionary has no entry for GOPHERING itself. This is its base word, GOPHER.
noun
A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for GOPHER.
Perhaps an adaptation of Cajun French gaufre (literally “honeycomb, waffle”), based on the analogy of holes in the ground to the indentations in a honeycomb or a waffle (doublet of waffle). Alternatively, from Muskogean.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,974)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GOPHER · 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.
GOPHERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 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
GOPHERING starts with G and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGGHINOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Words that start GOPHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GOPHERING?
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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