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SOFTBALL
Definition of SOFTBALL
noun
A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
1926: soft + ball. Compare hardball.
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.
SOFTBALL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOFTBALL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABFLLOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SOFTBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOFTBALL?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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