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HOBBIT
Definition of HOBBIT
noun
A member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet.
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Where it comes from
Coined in its current sense by J. R. R. Tolkien in the 1930s, featured in the novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Jocularly etymologized by him as from a hypothetical Old English *holbytla (literally “hole-builder”), from hol (“hole”) + bytlan (“to build”) + -a (“-er”). Tolkien was possibly influenced by similar terms for house-sprites (probably from Hob, a hypocoristic form of Robert), or an isolated mention of hobbits (with hobgoblins following immediately afterwards) in a list of sprites and bogies from the 19th-century Denham Tracts.
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.
HOBBIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOBBIT starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BBHIOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HOBBIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOBBIT?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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