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AUBADE
Definition of AUBADE
noun
A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French aubade, from Old French albade, from Old Spanish albada (“musical or poetic composition to be performed in the morning”), from alba (“dawn”), from Vulgar Latin *alba (“dawn; sunrise”), from Latin albus (“bright, clear; white”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”).
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.
AUBADE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUBADE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABDEU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found AUBADE?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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