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LOBSTERED
Definition of LOBSTERED
verb
simple past and past participle of lobster
noun
A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.
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Word DNA
LOBSTERED inherits its ancestry from its root, LOBSTER.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LOBSTER · 3 relatives 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.
LOBSTERED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 76 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LOBSTERED starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEELORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LOBSTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LOBSTERED?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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