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GIBUS
Definition of GIBUS
noun
A collapsible top hat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the surname of its French inventor.
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.
GIBUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GIBUS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BGISU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GIBUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found GIBUS?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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