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CARBOY
Definition of CARBOY
noun
A large, rigid bottle, originally made of glass and mainly used for fermentation, and now commonly made of plastic and used to store liquids.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Persian قرابه (qarrâbeh, qarrâbah). Doublet of carafe.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Persian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (500)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CARBOY · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CARBOY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARBOY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABCORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found CARBOY?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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