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WORKBOAT
Definition of WORKBOAT
noun
A boat used for purposes other than recreation, passenger transport, or combat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From work + boat.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WORKBOAT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WORKBOAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WORKBOAT starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABKOORTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start WORKBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WORKBOAT?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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