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CONFABULIST
Definition of CONFABULIST
noun
One who confabulates; a companion with whom one chats or confers.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CONFABULIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 61 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONFABULIST starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABCFILNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CONFABU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONFABULIST?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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