The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LOOBY
Definition of LOOBY
noun
A large and awkward or clumsy person; an oaf.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Uncertain. Perhaps from lob (“a large piece, lump”) + -y.
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.
LOOBY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LOOBY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BLOOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found LOOBY?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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