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COMBE
Definition of COMBE
noun
A valley, often wooded and often with no river
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Where it comes from
From earlier coom(e), coomb(e), from Middle English *coumbe, *cumbe, *combe, from Old English cumb, comb (“a low place enclosed with hills, dale, valley”), of obscure origin. Likely an adaptation of Old English cumb (“cup, basin; a liquid measure”) compare Dutch kom (“bowl, basin”), German Kumpf (“vessel, container”), but could also possibly be from, or influenced by, Celtic or Anglo-Norman/French; it is currently unclear, and may be an example of a Wanderwort. Related to Welsh cwm (“a hollow valley”), Anglo-Norman cumbe (“a valley, a hollow”), Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “hollow”), Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, “a pot, jug”), etc. through Proto-Indo-European *ḱumbʰ-.(Can this etymology be sourced?)
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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.
COMBE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
COMBE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEMO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COMBE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found COMBE?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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