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FOOTBALL

/ˈfʊt.bɔːl/8 letters

Definition of FOOTBALL

noun

A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English fotbal, footbal, equivalent to foot + ball, because the ball was primarily manipulated with the feet in early versions of the game (though some modern varieties involve more handling than kicking). The name for the briefcase is a play on “dropkick”, the code name of an early version of the nuclear war plan.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

FOOTBALL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Its one board, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.

Built from these letters

FOOTBALL
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

FOOTBALL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABFLLOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and L appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start FOOTBA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FOOTBAGFOOTBARFOOTBAGSFOOTBARSFOOTBATHFOOTBALLSFOOTBATHSFOOTBALLERFOOTBALLENEFOOTBALLERSFOOTBALLINGFOOTBALLIST

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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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.

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