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GULFIEST

/ˈɡʌlfi/8 letters

Definition of GULFIEST

Wiktionary has no entry for GULFIEST itself. This is its base word, GULFY.

adjective

Characterized by or full of gulfs or whirlpools.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

The origin recorded for GULFY.

From gulf + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

GULFIEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 5 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
66
First board
103
Latest board
22
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.

First ever to find it

eauxneaux

on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GULFIEST
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

GULFIEST starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EFGILSTU - 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.

Words that start GULFIE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.

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