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ORBED

/ˈɔː(ɹ)bd/5 letters

Definition of ORBED

adjective

Having the form of an orb; round; spherical.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From orb + -ed.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ORBED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 2 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
28
First board
48
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 48, 7 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 days.

First ever to find it

thamonsta

on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ORBED
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ORBED starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Could you have found ORBED?

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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.

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