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KOBANG
Definition of KOBANG
noun
Alternative form of koban.
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Word DNA
KOBANG inherits its ancestry from its root, KOBAN.
Line of descent
- Japanese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
25th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (319)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KOBAN · 1 relative 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.
KOBANG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 84 days.
First found by a player on Day 84, 12 August 2026.
Built from these letters
KOBANG starts with K and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABGKNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KOBANG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KOBANG?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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