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SYBO
Definition of SYBO
noun
A spring onion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cibol. Compare Scottish Gaelic siobann, siobaid.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SYBO · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Scottish Gaelic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SYBO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SYBO starts with S and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read BOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SYBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found SYBO?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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