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HOBBERS

7 letters

Definition of HOBBERS

noun

plural of hobber

HOBBER

noun

A hobbing machine.

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Word DNA

HOBBERS inherits its ancestry from its root, HOBBER.

How it is built

noun

Same root, HOBBER · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

HOBBERS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 178
Its one board, across 178 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
153
First board
25
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.

First ever to find it

gangsterjawa

on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HOBBERS
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HOBBERS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BBEHORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start HOBBER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found HOBBERS?

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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.

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