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GOTHIC
Definition of GOTHIC
adjective
Alternative letter-case form of Gothic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From goth + -ic, see Gothic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GOTHIC · 1 relative 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.
GOTHIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 180 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GOTHIC starts with G and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CGHIOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GOTHIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found GOTHIC?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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