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CARBOYS
Definition of CARBOYS
noun
plural 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A large, rigid bottle, originally made of glass and mainly used for fermentation, and now commonly made of plastic and used to store liquids.
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Word DNA
CARBOYS inherits its ancestry from its root, CARBOY.
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 (490)
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.
CARBOYS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARBOYS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCORSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found CARBOYS?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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