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KOBO

4 letters

Definition of KOBO

noun

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Nigerian naira.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Ultimately from English copper, probably via one or more West African languages (compare Igbo kọbọ̀ and Fula kobo).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

KOBO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 112
Its 3 boards, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
36
First board
68
Latest board
30
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.

First ever to find it

mitchgilbert5

on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

KOBO
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

KOBO starts with K and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read BKOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start KOBO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found KOBO?

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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.

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