The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ENGOBES
Definition of ENGOBES
noun
plural of engobe
noun
A non-black clay slip coating applied to a ceramic body to give it decorative color or improved texture.
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Word DNA
ENGOBES inherits its ancestry from its root, ENGOBE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,160)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ENGOBE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ENGOBES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENGOBES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEEGNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found ENGOBES?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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