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SUBCOLONY
Definition of SUBCOLONY
noun
A colony belonging to another colony.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sub- + colony.
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.
SUBCOLONY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 48 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUBCOLONY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BCLNOOSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start SUBCOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUBCOLONY?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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