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ROBING
Definition of ROBING
verb
present participle and gerund of robe
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Word DNA
ROBING inherits its ancestry from its root, ROB.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.5%
of traced words share this origin (922)
branch · 22.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ROB · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ROBING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 130, 27 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 130, 27 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROBING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BGINOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ROBING?
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 130 - and most players walked straight past it.
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