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HACKBUT
Definition of HACKBUT
noun
Obsolete form of arquebus.
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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 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 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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