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HACKBUTEER
Definition of HACKBUTEER
noun
An arquebusier.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hackbut + -eer.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HACKBUTEER · 1 relative 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.
HACKBUTEER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 133, 30 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HACKBUTEER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABCEEHKRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HACKBU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HACKBUTEER?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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