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SWOBBER

7 letters

Definition of SWOBBER

noun

Alternative form of swabber.

SWABBER

noun

One who swabs a floor or deck.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From swob + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompound-er

Same root, SWAB · 8 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SWOBBER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 172
Its one board, across 172 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
151
First board
21
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.

First ever to find it

dr_outlier

on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SWOBBER
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SWOBBER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BBEORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start SWOBBE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SWOBBEDSWOBBERS

Could you have found SWOBBER?

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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.

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