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KOBO
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).
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.
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
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
Also seen on Day 36
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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