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OOBIT
Definition of OOBIT
noun
A caterpillar.
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Where it comes from
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OOBIT · 1 relative 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.
OOBIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 100 days.
Built from these letters
OOBIT starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BIOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found OOBIT?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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