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COMBOVERS
Definition of COMBOVERS
noun
plural of combover
noun
A manner of combing hair from one side to the other in an attempt to conceal a medial bald patch.
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Word DNA
COMBOVERS inherits its ancestry from its root, COMBOVER.
How it is built
Same root, COMBOVER · 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.
COMBOVERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COMBOVERS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCEMOORSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found COMBOVERS?
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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