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CASBAH
Definition of CASBAH
noun
The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).
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.
CASBAH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CASBAH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AABCHS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CASBAH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found CASBAH?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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