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COMBERS
Definition of COMBERS
noun
plural of comber
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Word DNA
COMBERS inherits its ancestry from its root, COMB.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,595)
How it is built
Same root, COMB · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Sanskrit, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COMBERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COMBERS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCEMORS - 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.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found COMBERS?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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