The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BABU
Definition of BABU
noun
A Hindu title of respect, equivalent to Mr., usually appended to the surname of a Hindu man.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindi बाबू (bābū), from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *बाब्ब (bābba), imitative of baby talk.
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.
BABU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BABU starts with B and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read ABBU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BABU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BABU?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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