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WORKBOX
Definition of WORKBOX
noun
A toolbox; a container for the items needed to carry out a task.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From work + box.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WORKBOX · 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.
WORKBOX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 105, 2 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 105, 2 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WORKBOX starts with W and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read BKOORWX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start WORKBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WORKBOX?
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 105 - and most players walked straight past it.
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