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KOBOLD
Definition of KOBOLD
noun
An ambivalent, sometimes vindictive, spirit that is capable of materialising as an object or human, often a child; a sprite.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Kobold. Doublet of cobalt.
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.
KOBOLD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KOBOLD starts with K and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDKLOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found KOBOLD?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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