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GOYLE
Definition of GOYLE
noun
A ravine or other depression.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown. Found (initially) in the dialects of Somerset and Devon. Possibly related to gulley.
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.
GOYLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GOYLE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGLOY - 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.
Could you have found GOYLE?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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