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BOBSLEIGH

/ˈbɑbˌsleɪ/9 letters

Definition of BOBSLEIGH

noun

A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From bobs, the short runners on which the bobsleigh is based (as opposed to a usual sleigh on long runners continuing all the way along the vehicle); further etymology unclear. Attested since 1839 as bob-sled, long before the invention of the sport.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, BOBSLEIGH · 2 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
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.

BOBSLEIGH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 169
Its 3 boards, across 169 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
76
First board
153
Latest board
75
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.

First ever to find it

bfreeemb

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BOBSLEIGH
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start BOBSLE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BOBSLEDBOBSLEDSBOBSLEDDEDBOBSLEDDERBOBSLEIGHSBOBSLEDDERSBOBSLEDDINGBOBSLEIGHEDBOBSLEIGHERBOBSLEDDINGS

Could you have found BOBSLEIGH?

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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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