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SUBORNS
Definition of SUBORNS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of suborn
verb
To induce (someone) to commit an unlawful or malicious act, especially in a corrupt manner.
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Word DNA
SUBORNS inherits its ancestry from its root, SUBORN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,700)
How it is built
Same root, SUBORN · 5 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SUBORNS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUBORNS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BNORSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SUBORN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUBORNS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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