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CONFAB
Definition of CONFAB
noun
Clipping of confabulation (“a casual chat or talk”).
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Where it comes from
Clipping of confabulation, from Middle English confabulacion (“conversation”), from Latin confābulātiōnem, from cōnfābulārī + -tiōnem (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results); see further at etymology 2.
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.
CONFAB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 44, 3 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CONFAB starts with C and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read ABCFNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CONFAB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found CONFAB?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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