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COLUBRINE
Definition of COLUBRINE
adjective
Snakelike.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin colubrinus, from colubra (“snake”) + -inus (“-ine”).
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.
COLUBRINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
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Built from these letters
COLUBRINE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEILNORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COLUBR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found COLUBRINE?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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