The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CARB
Definition of CARB
noun
Clipping of carbohydrate
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping.
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.
CARB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 30, 19 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 92 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARB starts with C and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read ABCR - 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 CARB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found CARB?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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