The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
KRAB
Definition of KRAB
noun
Clipping of carabiner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
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.
KRAB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 50, 9 July 2026.
Built from these letters
KRAB starts with K and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read ABKR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found KRAB?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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