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CABOOSE
Definition of CABOOSE
noun
A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Dutch kabuis, kombuis (“galley, kitchen”) or German Low German Kabüüs (“galley”), from Middle Dutch cabûse and Middle Low German kabûs, kabûse respectively. Cognate with German Kabüse, Kombüse, Danish kabys, Swedish kabyss, French combuse (< Middle Dutch kabuys). Probably related to English boose (“a stall or shed”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
21st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (353)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CABOOSE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, French, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CABOOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CABOOSE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found CABOOSE?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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