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HACKBUT
Definition of HACKBUT
noun
Obsolete form of arquebus.
HARQUEBUS · via arquebus
noun
An obsolete matchlock firearm.
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Word DNA
HACKBUT inherits its ancestry from its root, HARQUEBUS.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,750)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HARQUEBUS · 8 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HACKBUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 50, 9 July 2026.
Built from these letters
HACKBUT starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABCHKTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HACKBU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found HACKBUT?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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