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POSTBOY
Definition of POSTBOY
noun
A male postilion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From post + boy.
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.
POSTBOY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 114, 11 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POSTBOY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BOOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start POSTBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POSTBOY?
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 114 - and most players walked straight past it.
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