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DEBOUCHE
Definition of DEBOUCHE
verb
To enter into battle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French déboucher (“to unblock, uncork; to finish; to culminate”), from dé- (“un-”) + boucher (“to block, stop”).
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.
DEBOUCHE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEBOUCHE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCDEEHOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DEBOUC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found DEBOUCHE?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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