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BOXHAUL
Definition of BOXHAUL
verb
To bring (a square-rigged ship) onto a new tack by hauling back the foresails whilst steering hard round.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOXHAUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOXHAUL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABHLOUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start BOXHAU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOXHAUL?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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