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GOURA
Definition of GOURA
noun
Any of several crested ground-dwelling pigeons, of the genus Goura, from New Guinea
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Where it comes from
From one or more of the languages of New Guinea. The oldest use in the scientific literature, as a French word, may be a plate caption "La Goura de la nouvelle Guinée" in Pierre Sonnerat's Voyage a la Nouvelle Guinée. The spelling Goüra also appears in the 19th century.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GOURA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 84, 12 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.
Built from these letters
GOURA starts with G and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AGORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GOURA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found GOURA?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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