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DWEEB
Definition of DWEEB
noun
A boring, studious, or socially inept person.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From 1968 US college slang, probably related to feeb. The 1980s backronym Dim-Witted Eastern-Educated Boor derives from apparent social and attitudinal differences between West Coast and East Coast US, and describes a stereotypical Ivy League graduate from Harvard, Yale, etc.
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.
DWEEB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 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 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DWEEB starts with D and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read BDEEW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DWEEB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found DWEEB?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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