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BOBCAT

/ˈbɒb.kæt/6 letters

Definition of BOBCAT

noun

A North American wildcat (Lynx rufus), having tufted ears and a short tail.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From bob (short hair; with reference to its tail) + cat.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BOBCAT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 2 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
110
First board
111
Latest board
1
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

loxiasmom

on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BOBCAT
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BOBCAT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABBCOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once.

Words that start BOBCAT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BOBCAT?

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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.

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