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ROBBER
Definition of ROBBER
noun
A person who robs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English robbour, robbere, either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to rob + -er. Compare reaver (“robber, plunderer”), a native English word derived from Proto-Germanic *raubārijaz that is ultimately of more or less the same composition as robber. And compare rover (“a pirate”), another word of the same composition.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,506)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ROBBER · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Proto-Germanic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ROBBER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 151, 18 October 2026.
Built from these letters
ROBBER starts with R and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BBEORR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and B appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ROBBER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ROBBER?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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