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DERBY

/ˈdɑː.bi/5 letters

Definition of DERBY

noun

Any of several annual horse races.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Epsom Derby horse race, named after Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby. Ultimately from Derby.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DERBY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 10 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
26
First board
99
Latest board
35
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

DERBY
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DERBY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BDERY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found DERBY?

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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.

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