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OSNABURG
Definition of OSNABURG
noun
A plain, coarse textile fabric made from flax, tow or jute yarns.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Osnaburg, the former English name of the German city of Osnabrück (from which it may have been first imported into English-speaking countries).
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.
OSNABURG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
OSNABURG starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABGNORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OSNABU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found OSNABURG?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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