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CALABOOSE
Definition of CALABOOSE
noun
A prison or jail/gaol.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Cajun French calabousse, from Spanish calabozo. Doublet of calabozo.
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.
CALABOOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 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 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CALABOOSE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABCELOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CALABO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CALABOOSE?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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