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KOGAL
Definition of KOGAL
noun
A subculture of conspicuous consumption among young women in urban Japan, typified by dyed hair, artificial suntan, platform boots, miniskirts, and expensive accessories.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese コギャル (kogyaru, “younger gyaru”) (see there for more), ultimately from English gal.
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.
KOGAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 126, 23 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 126, 23 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KOGAL starts with K and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AGKLO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KOGAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KOGAL?
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 126 - and most players walked straight past it.
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