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COUNTERBORE
Definition of COUNTERBORE
noun
A cylindrical recess, typically machined at the mouth of a hole to admit a screw (such as a cap screw) so that the screw sits flush with a surface.
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Where it comes from
From counter- (“against”) + bore (“hole”).
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.
COUNTERBORE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COUNTERBORE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEENOORRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, E and R appear more than once.
Words that start COUNTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COUNTERBORE?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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