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NOBBUT
Definition of NOBBUT
adverb
nothing but; only; just
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From no + but. Compare Scots nae but, nae bit (“no more than, only, merely, just”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NOBBUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOBBUT starts with N and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BBNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found NOBBUT?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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