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GOURDIEST
Definition of GOURDIEST
Wiktionary has no entry for GOURDIEST itself. This is its base word, GOURDY.
adjective
Having swollen legs
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for GOURDY.
Either from gourd, or less likely from French gourd (“benumbed”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GOURDIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GOURDIEST starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEGIORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GOURDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found GOURDIEST?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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