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TUBULAR
Definition of TUBULAR
adjective
Shaped like a tube.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin tubulus + -ar. By surface analysis, tubule + -ar. The sense meaning "cool" or "awesome" is believed to be a figurative extension originating in surfing lingo, from the way that an excellent wave encloses a surfer within tubular walls of water.
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.
TUBULAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 106 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TUBULAR starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABLRTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start TUBULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found TUBULAR?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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