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FOOBAR
Definition of FOOBAR
noun
A serious mistake.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Phonetic spelling of FUBAR, which is either an acronym for "fucked up beyond all recognition", or derived from foo.
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.
FOOBAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOOBAR starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABFOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found FOOBAR?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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