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GOBANS
Definition of GOBANS
Wiktionary has no entry for GOBANS itself. This is its base word, GOBAN.
noun
Alternative form of gobang (“strategy game”).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for GOBAN.
From Japanese 碁盤 (goban).
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.
GOBANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GOBANS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABGNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found GOBANS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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