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GLOBULAR
Definition of GLOBULAR
adjective
Roughly spherical in shape; globe-shaped.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French globulaire or Medieval Latin globulāris.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GLOBULAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLOBULAR starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABGLLORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Words that start GLOBUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GLOBULAR?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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