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GLOBE
Definition of GLOBE
noun
Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object. The eyeball.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GLOBE · 6 relatives 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.
GLOBE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 67 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GLOBE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEGLO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 GLOBE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found GLOBE?
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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