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ROSBIF
Definition of ROSBIF
noun
An English person (as viewed by the French).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French rosbif, from English roast beef. Doublet of roast beef.
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.
ROSBIF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 54, 13 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 48 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROSBIF starts with R and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read BFIORS - 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 ROSBIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found ROSBIF?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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