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SPRINGBOK
Definition of SPRINGBOK
noun
A small, fast antelope native to southern Africa, Antidorcas marsupialis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Afrikaans springbok, from Dutch springbok, from springen (“to jump, spring”) + bok (“buck, billy goat, antelope”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (234)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPRINGBOK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 65 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPRINGBOK starts with S and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BGIKNOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPRING
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found SPRINGBOK?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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