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GOUACHED
Definition of GOUACHED
verb
simple past and past participle of gouache
noun
A thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque.
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Word DNA
GOUACHED inherits its ancestry from its root, GOUACHE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.9%
of traced words share this origin (561)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GOUACHE · 2 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.
GOUACHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 142, 9 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GOUACHED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEGHOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found GOUACHED?
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 142 - and most players walked straight past it.
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