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GOUACHES
Definition of GOUACHES
noun
plural of gouache
noun
A thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque.
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Another sense
GOUACHES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of gouache.
Word DNA
GOUACHES 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.
GOUACHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 109 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GOUACHES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEGHOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found GOUACHES?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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