The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GOMBOS
Definition of GOMBOS
noun
plural of gombo
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Word DNA
GOMBOS inherits its ancestry from its root, GUMBO.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,418)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GUMBO · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Portuguese.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GOMBOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GOMBOS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BGMOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found GOMBOS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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