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COBBLER
Definition of COBBLER
noun
A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English cobeler, cobelere (“mender of shoes, cobbler”) [and other forms]; further origin unknown. The word appears to be derived from an early form of cobble (“to mend roughly, patch; (specifically) to mend shoes, especially roughly”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns), but is attested much earlier than the verb which suggests that the verb may be a back-formation from cobbler. Sense 2 (“sheep left to the end to be sheared”) is a pun on cobbler’s last (“tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes”); while sense 3 (“clumsy workman”) is derived from cobble + -er: see above.
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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.
COBBLER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
COBBLER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BBCELOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 COBBLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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