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GOUTS
Definition of GOUTS
noun
plural of gout
noun
An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
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Another sense
GOUTS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of gout.
Word DNA
GOUTS inherits its ancestry from its root, GOUT.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GOUT · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Spanish.
GOUTS in a sentence
“Should you choose this option, you would also be deprived of the salty taste of semen squirting in gouts into your throat, to be swallowed or spat out, though I suspect that you might not consider this a terrible loss.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GOUTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 91 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GOUTS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GOSTU - 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 15
Could you have found GOUTS?
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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