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GOPHERS
Definition of GOPHERS
noun
plural of gopher
noun
A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers).
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Word DNA
GOPHERS inherits its ancestry from its root, GOPHER.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,282)
branch · 12.8% 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.
GOPHERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 106 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GOPHERS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGHOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GOPHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found GOPHERS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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