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GOSHT

/ˈɡoʊʃt/5 letters

Definition of GOSHT

noun

mutton (or sometimes goat), normally as part of a South Asian curry.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Ultimately from Classical Persian گوشت (gōšt, “meat, flesh”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Persian
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Persian

Deepest traced root

18th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

0.6%

of traced words share this origin (468)

Iranian

branch · 0.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun1 syllable

Every Persian word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GOSHT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 158
Its 10 boards, across 158 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
29
First board
157
Latest board
29
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

travelgirl

on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GOSHT
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GOSHT starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read GHOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start GOSHT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

GOSHTS

Could you have found GOSHT?

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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.

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