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CABOSHED
Definition of CABOSHED
adjective
Shown face-on, showing the full face, but cut off immediately behind the ears and hence showing nothing of the neck.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French caboché, past participle of cabocher, from caboche (“head”) (compare cabbage). See -ed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7%
of traced words share this origin (1,806)
branch · 15.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CABOSHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 128, 25 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CABOSHED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEHOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CABOSHED?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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