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COLUMBARIA
Definition of COLUMBARIA
noun
plural of columbarium
COLUMBARIUM
noun
A columbary, especially a large and architecturally impressive one for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, such as those in ancien régime France.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COLUMBARIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COLUMBARIA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABCILMORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start COLUMB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found COLUMBARIA?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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