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COMBAT
Definition of COMBAT
noun
A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
16th century, borrowed from Middle French combat, deverbal from Old French combatre, from Vulgar Latin *combattere, from Latin com- (“with”) + battuere (“to beat, strike”).
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.
COMBAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COMBAT starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABCMOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 COMBAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found COMBAT?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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