The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GLOBY
Definition of GLOBY
adjective
Resembling a globe; round.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From globe + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
GLOBY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLOBY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BGLOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found GLOBY?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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