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GLIB
Definition of GLIB
adjective
Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A shortening of either obsolete English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”) / Dutch glibberig (“slippery”).
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.
GLIB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 209 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GLIB starts with G and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read BGIL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GLIB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found GLIB?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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