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COLUMBIDS
Definition of COLUMBIDS
noun
plural of columbid
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Word DNA
COLUMBIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, COLUMBID.
How it is built
Same root, COLUMBID · 1 relative 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.
COLUMBIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COLUMBIDS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCDILMOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COLUMB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COLUMBIDS?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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