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COBB

/kɒb/4 letters

Definition of COBB

noun

A sea-cob or gull.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Variant spelling of cob.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
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.

COBB in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 120
Its 2 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
111
First board
118
Latest board
7
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

lizzardqween

on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

COBB
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

COBB starts with C and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read BBCO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start COBB

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found COBB?

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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.

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