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CABOOSE

/kəˈbuːs/7 letters

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).

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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.

CABOOSE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 9 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
36
First board
96
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

CABOOSE
7
Letters
4
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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.

Words that start CABOOS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CABOOSES

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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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