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SANDBOX
Definition of SANDBOX
noun
A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sand + box.
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.
SANDBOX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SANDBOX starts with S and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read ABDNOSX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SANDBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SANDBOX?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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