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SUBORBITAL
Definition of SUBORBITAL
adjective
Not reaching orbit; having a trajectory that does not reach orbital velocity and so must return to ground eventually.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sub- + orbital.
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.
SUBORBITAL 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 10 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
SUBORBITAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABBILORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once.
Words that start SUBORB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUBORBITAL?
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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