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TUBBIEST

8 letters

Definition of TUBBIEST

adjective

superlative form of tubby: most tubby

TUBBY

adjective

stout, rotund

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Word DNA

TUBBIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, TUB.

Line of descent

  1. Middle Low German
  2. Middle Dutch
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Middle Low German

Deepest traced root

22nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

0.4%

of traced words share this origin (354)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

adjective

Same root, TUB · 19 relatives in the game

Every Middle Low German word → · 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.

TUBBIEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 168
Its 2 boards, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
118
First board
146
Latest board
28
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.

First ever to find it

jnclytn

on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TUBBIEST
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

TUBBIEST starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BBEISTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and B appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start TUBBIE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found TUBBIEST?

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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