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NUBBIN
Definition of NUBBIN
noun
A stub, especially a stub of undeveloped corn or fruit or nipple.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps nub + -in.
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.
NUBBIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
NUBBIN starts with N and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BBINNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and B appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start NUBBIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NUBBIN?
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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