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ROBIN
Definition of ROBIN
noun
Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltriidae), typically with a red breast. A European robin, Erithacus rubecula. An American robin, Turdus migratorius.
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Where it comes from
Short for robin redbreast. Also from Middle English robynet, robynett (“robin (bird)”), from the Middle English name Robynett, a diminutive of the Middle English name Robyn (“Robin”).
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.
ROBIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ROBIN starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BINOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 ROBIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found ROBIN?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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